Go to newswriting,newsplace.org
    The “J-Stylebook” – the AP rules cleverly
rephrased and organized – is available in print as
  a chapter in this self-tutorial OR staff handbook.
        See a sample OR the Table of Contents

J-Stylebook   exercises; new rules

Grammar Clues: exercises and quizzes

    NEW RULES AT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    Use the U.S. president's first name in the first reference: President Barack Obama ...
     (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. (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 AP abbreviations: DeKalb, Ill., ... (DeKalb, Texas, ... ) 
    Use the two-letter form with any zip code: DeKalb, TX 75559.

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 '08]

  Professor Avi Bass (abass@niu.edu), Northern Illinois University.
©azb 2000, 2009