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Stylebook used for journalism and strategic communcation students.

Stylebook for News Writing & Journalism

About The AP Stylebook

The Associated Press Stylebook provides an A-Z guide to issues such as capitalization, abbreviation, punctuation, spelling, numerals, and many other language usage questions. 

The AP Stylebook Online is the AP Stylebook but better. It includes:

— Updates throughout the year, with email notifications as the Stylebook’s editors add or change entries.
— Ask the Editor, where you can search thousands of previously answered questions in the archive and submit your own query.
— The ability to create your own custom listings and add notes on entries.
— Search functionality that makes it easier to find all listings relevant to your query using either simple or advanced searches. Your custom notes and entries are all searchable, too.
— Mobile optimization so you can refer to AP style guidance on the go.
— The Briefing on Media Law's framework for understanding legal questions commonly encountered in news gathering and publishing.
— Specialized chapters on sports, business, punctuation, data journalism, health, and science, news values, polls and surveys, and digital security for journalists. New is a chapter on inclusive storytelling, while the chapters on religion and social media are revised.

Using AP Style