Journalism: Associated Press Style Guide
AP Stylebook Online
- AP Stylebook Online This link opens in a new window25 simultaneous users. The online style and usage guide used by newspapers and the news industry in general. Reporters, editors and others use the AP Stylebook as a guide for grammar, punctuation and principles and practices of reporting. Although some publications use a different style guide, the AP Stylebook is considered a newspaper industry standard and is also used by broadcasters, magazines and public relations firms. It includes an A-to-Z listing of guides to capitalization, abbreviation, spelling, numerals and usage.
Avoiding Discriminatory Language
- National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) Stylebook Supplement on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender TerminologyFrom the NLGJA: "NLGJA’s Stylebook Supplement on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Terminology is intended to complement the prose stylebooks of individual publications, as well as the Associated Press stylebook, the leading stylebook in U.S. newsrooms.
It reflects the association’s mission of inclusive coverage of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, includes entries on words and phrases that have become common, and features greater detail for earlier entries. - GLAAD Media Reference Guide - Transgender IssuesFrom GLAAD: A quick-reference guide for "how to fairly and accurately report on transgender people." For additional resources, see http://www.glaad.org/transgender
Useful Websites
- Journalism and Journalistic Review: Associated Press StyleA short, general guide to AP Style, created by the OWL at Purdue. Also includes sections on the inverted pyramid structure, how to write a lead, and media ethics.
- Exercises for Cub ReportersCub Reporter's AP style exercises
AP Style: an Introduction
The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law by Call Number: PN4783 .A83ISBN: 0738207403Publication Date: 2013
AP is a style used by used by newspapers and journalism classes. Many editions of The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law can be found in the King Library.