10 Important Rules and Conventions of Associated Press (AP) Style
The general AP style numerical rule is to spell out numbers of nine or lower and use digits for those higher than 10. That’s ...
Public Editor: Readers see bias in word choices
Public Editor Stephen Buckley gathers comments from readers about The News’ choice of wording for controversial topics like ...
The Aspen Times2d
WineInk: Wine capitalization
This one is inspired by The Aspen Times editor Ray K. Erku, who rightly called my bluff recently when I tried to capitalize the names of a few wine grapes. “One thing I have ...
News & Record21hOpinion
Allen Johnson: This could get ugly: The new hockey team is ... the Gargoyles?
The new professional hockey team in Greensboro is called the Gargoyles. We're told the name was chosen by popular acclaim —“a ...
All-in on DST?: Down in Alabama
Both Alabama’s U.S. senators, Tommy Tuberville and Katie Britt, are backing a bill by Florida Republican Rick Scott that ...
The Chronicle5d
Richard Nixon, the pariah: Things fall apart
Nixon died of a stroke in 1994, surviving Pat by exactly 10 months. He and his wife are buried side by side on the grounds of ...
Poynter17d
When should journalists use the word ‘terrorism?’
The Associated Press Stylebook provides this guidance on the use of the word “terrorist”: AP generally avoids labeling someone a “terrorist” on its own, preferring to cite competent law ...
Paul Driscoll, an unflappable editor who led the AP’s Chicago bureau for decades, has died at age 91
Former Associated Press journalist and newsroom leader Paul Driscoll has died at the age of 91. Driscoll covered the civil ...
No. 13 Oklahoma visits No. 2 South Carolina following Verhulst’s 38-point game
No. 13 Oklahoma visits the No. 2 South Carolina Gamecocks after Payton Verhulst scored 38 points in the Sooners' 80-63 victory against the Missouri Tigers.