J-Stylebook QuickRules | exercises

PHILOSOPHY: Practice stylebook rules on the Web as homework. A quiz and an exam are provided. A companion 44-page handbook, "The Journalism QuickGuide" (online and bulk discounts), includes the J-Stylebook, which is content-grouped with sections on Capitalization, Abbreviations, Numbers, Words, and Punctuation. Sample: abbreviations. A 26-page excerpt, "Journalism QuickRules" (online and bulk discounts), is focused on the grammar and J-Stylebook sections. Online material for a semester-long J-course is at J-Skills.

New... Use the U.S. president's first name in the first reference: President Barack Obama ... (The Associated Press, November 2008)(Not at The New York Times or The Washington Post.)

Anonymity: ... , said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters. (Major innovation by The Associated Press, 2008)

Major Changes to The Associated Press Stylebook (newsroom101.com)

Figures for all ages, including animals and inanimate objects: a 3-year-old dog. (2007)

The U.S. and the U.N. are now accepted as an adjective or as a noun. (2007)

Area codes get hyphens: 312-555-1212, 1-800-555-1212. (2003)

Down this job description: ... professor Ivan Pravda. (2002)

Abbreviate states (except states with four or five letters, and Alaska and Hawaii)
with a city or locale, using the AP/UPI abbreviations: DeKalb, Ill., ... (DeKalb, Texas, ... )
Use the two-letter form with any zip code: DeKalb, TX 75559.

Google "AP style quiz" using apostrophes.
Quiz. [half hour] Go to the J-Skills J-Stylebook quiz [with an answer key].
Exam. [half hour] Go to the Journalism Stylebook Exam (Northern Illinois University).

[ TOP MISSPELLED WORDS IN THE AMERICAN NEWS MEDIA
[By Factiva, a Dow Jones company, 2007.
[Judgment, lightning, millennium, calendar, cemetery, accommodate, collectible,
receive or receipt, committed, separate.]

NewsPlace: Reference for more grammar links, stylebooks and writing tips.
To copy just a part of a web page, see surfing tips.

J-Skills [newswriting & PR writing exercises]
J-skills was accepted for a peer-reviewed presentation at the "Digital Revolution" conference on Oct. 14, 2004, at the Newsplex, College of Mass Communications, University of South Carolina, Columbia.

NewsPlace.org [N.E.W.S., Sources, Tools, WhiteHouse '04]
Professor Avi Bass (abass@niu.edu), Northern Illinois University.
Journalism Stylebook Matters ©azb 2000, 2008 NewsPlace.org/grammar.html

checklist:  up/down  long/short  spell out/digitize  "quote marks."  commas?  "Titles"  apostrophes?

J-Stylebook QuickRules | exercises

Google "AP style quiz" using apostrophes. Quiz. [half hour] Go to the J-Skills J-Stylebook quiz [with an answer key]. Exam. [half hour] Go to the Journalism Stylebook Exam (Northern Illinois University).

J-Skills [newswriting & PR writing exercises]

J-skills was accepted for a peer-reviewed presentation at the "Digital Revolution" conference on Oct. 14, 2004, at the Newsplex, College of Mass Communications, University of South Carolina, Columbia.

checklist: up/down long/short spell out/digitize
"quote marks." commas? "Titles" apostrophes?

Google "AP style quiz" using apostrophes.
Quiz. [half hour] Go to the J-Skills J-Stylebook quiz [with an answer key].
Exam. [half hour] Go to the Journalism Stylebook Exam (Northern Illinois University).