AP Style Swag
With exceptions for scores, addresses, measurements, times, dates, all numbers under ten should be noted in this fashion.
What is written or spelled out?
This was the "no-no" that led the Supreme Court to side with the school district's censorship of Matthew Fraser's speech in the Bethel v. Fraser case.
What is obscenity (in school)?
Sources should almost always be named, with exceptions made for safety, trauma and the continued flow of critical information which is in the public's interest. This journalistic ethic demands that reporters name their sources whenever possible.
What is transparency or accountability?
Yellow Journalism was partly to blame for the U.S.'s involvement in this war.
What is the Spanish-American War?
Reporters and essayists should write in this voice whenever possible in an effort to maintain clarity.
What is active voice?
Titles of compositions (i.e. movies, books, articles, songs, etc.) are almost always noted in this manner.
What is in quotation marks?
When the Jocks created banners that stated, "Go Eagles - Seize Your Prey!!" to use against the Leporists, the principal worried these constituted terroristic threats. Such threats might be not covered under the First Amendment because they are deemed ...
What are "fighting words" (or terroristic threats, speech that could lead to lawless action)?
Accepting gifts, favors, travel and special treatment from sources can violate this ethic.
What is imparitality, fairness, integrity, credibility?
He was the sitting president during the Watergate scandal.
Who is Richard M. Nixon?
In journalism, all opinion or information that cannot be proven should use this form of crediting a source.
What is attribution?
When referencing percentages in a journalistic article, you should always do this.
What is spell out percent?
This is a method of defamation expressed by print, writing, pictures, signs, effigies, or any communication embodied in physical form that is injurious to a person's reputation, exposes a person to public hatred, contempt or ridicule, or injures a person in his/her business or profession.
What is libel?
Private citizens have a great right to control information about themselves than this group of people.
Who are public figures or public officials?
The Watergate story originally began as a story for this section of The Washington Post.
What is the Metro (or City) section?
Journalists use the inverted pyramid format in an effort to save readers and their publishers these two values (or commodities)?
What are time and money?
Instead of 12 a.m. and 12 p.m., a reporter should use these time designations.
What are are midnight and noon?
Students might find themselves in trouble if they use copies of photos from another person without citing the photographer, owner or creator of the image. Such use would violate these types of law.
What are copyright laws?
What is accuracy?
This is the first publisher charged with libel in the Colonies for speaking out against a politician.
Who is John Peter Zenger?
News and feature stories should never reflect the opinions of the reporter and should, therefore, never contain this point of view.
What is first-person point of view?
When referencing a source for the second time, use only this part of their name.
What is the last name?
The Supreme Court sided with school officials in this landmark case, maintaining that articles on teenage pregnancy and students dealing with divorce could create a disruption to the school's educational mission.
What is Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (or the Hazelwood case).
Labeling information that straddles the line between news and advertising is critical to distinguish news from this personal viewpoint.
What is opinion?
This organization was the one the Watergate burglars breached and bugged.
What is the Democratic National Committee?
A news story should begin with information that is most interesting to this group.
What is the reading audience?