AP Style
Context for a direct quotation is always best in a paraphrase or separate sentence, but AP style never allows for use of these boxy punctuation marks.
What are brackets?
The original name of States Newsroom
What is The Newsroom?
Our new budgeting software.
What is Martus?
A place where you can submit common questions and get answers from peers.
What is the Slack #technical-assistance channel?
This state’s public university has a lobster institute dedicated to studying the arthropod.
What is Maine?
The AP issued guidance on referring to the highest peak in the U.S. after President Donald Trump renamed it along with the Gulf of Mexico.
What is Denali in Alaska? (Mount McKinley is also acceptable)
Before the rebrand to “Fair. Fearless. Free.”, States Newsroom’s motto was this.
What is Relentless Capital Reporting?
The section of the portal that staff should always check before booking a flight to ensure proper, compliant booking.
What is the travel section?
The staff member who manages the News From The States Bluesky account.
Who is Moses Eshiet?
These two sister states are the only place in the world where Venus Fly Traps grow in the wild. (You must give both states)
What is North and South Carolina?
This typeface can add emphasis to words, but AP style never allows it, not even for titles of news outlets.
What is italics?
Name 3 partner outlets.
TX Tribune, VT Digger, Spotlight DA, CalMatters, CT Mirror, Civil Beat, Capital News IL, Commonwealth Beacon, MS Today, NY Focus, WyoFile
The amount of storage available to staff in Google Cloud.
What is unlimited?
These checkboxes help ensure your stories appear on the Trending pages on News From The States.
What is the Trends section in WordPress?
This state that shares its namesake with a rock band, is home to an infamous recording studio where Aretha Franklin, The Rolling Stones, and Lynyrd Skynyrd recorded some of their biggest hits.
What is Alabama?
If readers don’t recognize these, they shouldn’t be used. Not even in parentheses after a full name.
What is an abbreviation?
This recurring column was established in 2004 in a Philanthropy Journal.
What is NC Policy Watch?
The 3 items required to onboard a freelancer.
What is name, email and mailing address?
This WordPress dashboard feature lets you add special elements to the top-right rail of your homepage.
What are Widgets?
This state legalized tattoos in 2006.
What is Oklahoma?
This three-part punctuation can look passive aggressive in text speak, and also should never start or end a direct quotation.
What is an ellipsis?
The year Chris founded the Common Sense foundation.
What is 1994?
Grant funds that were accrued last year and are available to be spent this year are known as this.
What is Release from Restriction?
This optional Slack channel or working group allows staff to give feedback on new product features.
What is the Slack #beta-testing channel?
This state is home to “carhenge”, a tribute to stonehenge made entirely from cars.
What is Nebraska?