Numbers & Dates
This rule requires numbers one through ten to be written this way, not as numerals.
What is spelled out in letters?
Most punctuation marks, like periods and commas, go in this position relative to quotation marks.
What is inside quotation marks?
On first reference, a student’s name should be preceded by this.
What is their class (e.g., senior, junior)?
This spelling is preferred over “Wi-Fi” or “WiFi.”
What is "wifi"?
Articles should begin with this, which introduces the story.
What is a lede?
According to the guide, this format is used for numbers greater than ten.
Whar are Arabic numerals?
These punctuation marks go outside quotation marks unless they are part of the quote.
What are semicolons, exclamation marks and question marks?
After first reference, people are typically referred to by this part of their name.
What is their last name?
This is the correct way to write the U.S. capital in Augur Bit style.
What is "D.C."?
This structure places the most important information at the beginning of a news article.
What is the inverted pyramid?
This word—not the symbol—is always used when writing percentages.
What is "percent"?
This type of dash—used without spaces—adds a phrase or clause to a sentence.
What is an em dash?
Faculty titles like “Head of School” are capitalized only in this position.
What is when they immediately precede the name?
This term is preferred over “American Indians.”
What are Native Americans?
This ending element ties the article together without adding opinion.
What is a kicker?
In dates, this punctuation mark separates the month from the year when referencing a past year.
What is a comma?
This punctuation rule is specifically avoided in Augur Bit style.
What is the Oxford comma?
This punctuation is used before the last two digits of an alum’s graduation year.
What is an apostrophe?
When referring to race, this word should always be capitalized.
What is "Black"?
Reporters should avoid covering groups they are part of to prevent this issue. (extra 100 points:what is the rule called that we follow to determine whether there's a [ ] when interviewing a source?)
What is a conflict interest? (Birhday Party Rule)
This is something you should never include at the end of a date number (like 1 or 2).
What are "st," "nd," "rd," or "th"
This verb tense should always be used when introducing quotations.
What is past tense?
Titles like “teacher” and “coach” should be treated this way in terms of capitalization.
What is never capitalized?
DAILY DOUBLEEE (1000 Points!)
Name 3 members of Trump's cabinet (can be former members he fired this term)
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All non-opinion articles must be based on this reporting method.
What are interviews?