AP Style
In general, spell out THESE one through nine, and use figures for 10 and higher.
What are numbers?
Use THESE when including words spoken directly by a source to set them apart from the rest of the story.
What are double quotation marks?
The lottery jackpot’s winner received _____.
A. $1.5 million dollars
B. one point five million dollars
C. $1,500,000
D. $1.5 million
What is D?
In order for something to be considered ____________ it must contain one or more of these qualities of news: Timeliness, Proximity, Human Interest, etc.
What is newsworthy?
THESE are also called “feature leads” or “delayed leads,’ because they delay telling the reader what the story is about by teasing the reader with a storytelling approach before the focus is stated in a separate paragraph called the “nut graph.”
What are Soft Leads?
On second reference, use only THIS when referring to a person.
Bob, a trusted source, tells you the information he is giving you is ________ _______ _______, therefore, you may NOT use the information at all in your story.
What is Off the Record
___________ was the coldest day of the year.
A. Feb. 2
B. February second
C. February 2nd
D. February, 2nd
THIS is a type of specialized reporting, a genre of journalism that can be described as the craft of in-depth reporting on a particular issue, sector, organization or institution over time.
What is Beat Reporting?
THESE are also called “hard-news leads” or “direct leads,” these types of leads summarize what the story is about in the first sentence, getting directly to the point.
What are Summary Leads?
I arrived on campus at 8 a.m. this morning. CORRECT or INCORRECT
What is INCORRECT?
If Jack, a trusted source, tells you the information he is giving you is ___________________, you may use the information as background in your story, but you may not identify Jack as the source who gave it to you.
What is Not for Attribution?
He usually leaves for work at ______________
A. 7:00 a.m.
B. 7 a.m.
C. 7 a.m. in the morning
What is B?
These SIX are the basic questions every journalist should seek to answer when reporting on a news story.
When you begin an interview with someone who knows you are a reporter, everything they say is assumed to be ____________________ unless they specifically indicate otherwise.
What is On the Record?
True/False: AP Style allows the use of Brackets.
What is FALSE?
Name the type of quotation used: Jackson urged the administration to consider banning student smoking on campus to eliminate “the disgusting mess left in the smoking area.”
What is a partial quotation?
I'd like ____________, please.
A. two burgers and 12 orders of fries
B. two burgers and twelve orders of fries
C. 2 burgers and 12 orders of fries
What is A?
The basic news story is told upside down using a format called an _____________.
What is an inverted pyramid?
When preparig for a profile interview, you should include questions that adhere to the ____________ method for identifying turning points in people's lives
THESE TWO are the only types of words capitalized in headlines.
What are the first word and proper nouns?
This is when it appropriate to place a question mark inside a quotation.
A. Always
B. Never
C. If the quote is a question
What is C?
Which of these is CORRECT?
A. The shampoo cost her $7.00 dollars.
B. 8 cats ran through the street.
C. There were only 12 people at the party.
D. Bob spent twenty dollars on lunch.
What is C?
A story told using ________ _________ includes all the summary information at the top following an inverted pyramid format and then uses the bottom half of the story to provide details in chronological order.
What is Hourglass Structure?
You use ______________ ______________ when the who in your lead is not a well-known person and rather than use their name at the beginning of a story, you identify the person by age, location, occupation or another modifier.
What is Delayed Identification?