The Associated Press Stylebook 2016

The Associated Press Stylebook 2016

<div>The 2016 edition of <i>The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law</i> includes nearly 250 new or revised entries – including lowercasing internet and web.<br /><br />The <i>AP Stylebook</i> is widely used as a writing and editing reference in newsrooms, classrooms and corporate offices worldwide. Updated regularly since its initial publication in 1953, the <i>AP Stylebook</i> provides fundamental guidelines for spelling, language, punctuation, usage and journalistic style. It is the definitive resource for journalists.<br /><br />Changes in the 2016 Stylebook include:<br /><br />• 50 new and updated technology terms, including emoji, emoticon and metadata<br />• 36 new and updated entries in the food chapter, from arctic char to whisky/whiskey, and eight new and updated entries in the fashion chapter, including normcore and Uniqlo<br />• New entries discouraging the use of child prostitute and mistress; restricting spree to shopping or revelry, not killing; and using the number of firefighters or quantity of equipment sent to a fire, not the number of alarms<br />• DJ is now allowed on first reference, and spokesperson is recognized, in addition to spokesman and spokeswoman<br />• New guidance on the terms marijuana, cannabis and pot; cross dresser and transvestite; accident and crash; notorious and notoriety<br />• A new entry on data journalism<br /><br />With invaluable additional sections on the unique guidelines for business and sports reporting and on how you can guard against libel and copyright infringement, <i>The AP Stylebook</i> is the one reference that all writers, editors and students cannot afford to be without.</div>