Previewing a new AP Stylebook
During a virtual panel at the ACES: The Society for Editing national conference on Friday, AP Stylebook Editor Paula Froke announced that this year's AP Stylebook will include new guidance on gender-neutral language.
In a ‘flash’: Alerting news of the president’s impeachment
At 8:34 p.m. ET on Wednesday, AP pushed out the news, "President Donald Trump impeached by US House of Representatives."
An update on AP style on Kyiv
We are making a significant change in our style for the Ukrainian capital city Kiev. It will henceforth be written in text, captions and datelines as Kyiv.
Previewing a new edition of the AP Stylebook
During a panel at the ACES: The Society for Editing national conference in Providence, Rhode Island, on Friday, it was announced that the 2019 AP Stylebook will include new and expanded guidance on race-related terms.
How and when we report on suicides
AP policy on reporting suicides, spelled out in the AP Stylebook, is “to not go into detail on the methods used.” There has been a robust discussion in our newsrooms about what this means -- how far do we go in discussing methods of suicide by celebrities? Are we depriving readers of essential information on a story if we are too opaque?