The Associated Press today released the 2018 edition of The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, which includes about 200 new or revised entries and a new chapter on polls and surveys.
Stylebook editors worked with AP Deputy Managing Editor for Operations David Scott and AP Polling Editor Emily Swanson, and consulted with Pew Research Center and NORC at the University of Chicago, to review polling guidance and create a new chapter for the 2018 edition, which became available to AP Stylebook Online subscribers in April.
Changes to the 2018 Stylebook also include:
- New guidance on emoji, including how to quote emoji and its proper plural usage.
- A new entry on marijuana and medical marijuana adds more terminology and usage details.
- Biracial/multiracial is now acceptable when relevant, though one should be specific about a person’s background when it’s pertinent. Avoid mixed-race unless the story subject prefers that term.
- A new entry on act, amendment, bill, law, measure, ordinance, resolution, rule and statute explains the distinctions.
- Beginning a sentence with a numeral-and-letter combination is now allowed: 3D movies are drawing more fans.
- Other new or revised entries include sexual harassment and sexual misconduct; survivor; victim; homepage; lists and bulleted lists; today and tonight; LEED; coworking; HIPAA; gig economy; and storm names.
- Nearly two dozen entries, ranging from matcha to churros, have been added to the food chapter.
AP Stylebook editor Paula Froke will answer questions about the new book today at 2:30 p.m. ET in a Twitter chat, using the hashtag #APStyleChat.
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Lauren Easton
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The Associated Press
212-621-7005
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