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Writing for the Print MediaWriting for the Print Media

Dr. Marina Tzoannopoulou Style and the Stylebook Lecture 4

The Associated PressThe Associated Press

stylebook stylebook

 English is an extremely diverse language; it gives the user many ways of saying the same thing  8:  eight o’clock  8 a.m.  eight in the morning

Style is a special set of language rules that a publication adopts. Once a style is adopted a writer won’t have to wonder about the way to refer to such things as time.  All media writing is governed by the rules of a stylebook. The most wide- ranging stylebook is the AP Stylebook and Libel Manual written by the Associated Press news agency. That’s the stylebook that governs journalism, public relations and much of advertising.

 Like grammar, style rules weren’t cooked up just to make life miserable for students.  They have some important uses.  They help bring consistency to writing help draw attention away from the writing and toward the content help make writing easier for the writer

 Avoid excessive abbreviation. A name and an abbreviation in parentheses immediately after it is usually not necessary. Memorize abbreviations for months and states. In most cases, periods are not necessary for an abbreviation. ABC, not A.B.C.; but always U.S., never US Some abbreviations are appropriate on all references: FBI for Federal Bureau of Investigation

 Right  in 450 B.C.  at 9:30 a.m.  in room No. 6  on Sept. 16  He lives on Pennsylvania Avenue.  He lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. (abbreviate avenue, boulevard and street in numbered addresses BUT the words road, alley, circle and drive are never abbreviated)

PunctuationPunctuation

 Punctuate according to generally accepted rules of punctuation Major exception: Items in a series: AP style says not to put a comma between the next- to-last item and the conjunction.  CORRECT The flag is red, white and blue.

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A colon is used in clock time

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8:15 a.m.

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10 a.m. (not10:00 a.m.)

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The comma is omitted before

Roman numerals and before Jr.

and Sr. in names

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Adlai Stevenson III

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John Elliot Jr.

 In combinations of a number plus a noun of measurement, use a hyphen:  a two-man team (spell out from one to ten )  a 3-inch insect (use figures with ages eve for numbers less than 10)  a 6-foot man (use figures with units of measurement even for numbers less than

 A hyphen is always used with the prefix  -ex  ex-president  ex-chairman

NumbersNumbers

In general, spell out zero through nine. Many exceptions and contingencies to this rule.  first day  one woman  10 days  21 st year  nine years  50 more

The words billion and million may be used with round numbers 3 million miles $3 million 10 billion years $10 billion Numbers greater than a million, including sums of money, may be rounded off and expressed as a decimal  2.75 million rather than 2,752, About $2.35 million rather than $2,349,

Names and titlesNames and titles

 Generally, identify people in the news by their first names, middle initial and last names  David R. Smoons  Fred I. Rogers  Use full identification in first reference, but in the second reference, use last name only  Richard Cooper (first reference)  Cooper (second reference)

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Titles that follow a persons,

name are generally spelled

out and not capitalised

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Nelson, governor of Ohio

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Potter, a state representative

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Wallbanger, director of

Goofus League

 Do not use courtesy titles such as Mr., Mrs. and Miss, unless not using them would use confusion.  Mr. Smith was killed in the accident, but Mrs. Smith survived.