AP Style
On second reference, this is used in place of a company or organization name.
What is an acronym?
Gather, update and correct information throughout the life of a news story.
What is Seek Truth and Report It?
The billionaire who now owns The Washington Post.
Who is Jeff Bezos?
This faculty member helped edit live election coverage in the collaborative effort between UCF and the Orlando Sentinel.
Who is Mary Shanklin?
The part of the constitution that guarantees the freedom of the press.
What is the First Amendment?
After introducing someone, you use this part of their name all other references.
What is a last name?
Balance the public’s need for information against potential harm or discomfort.
What is Minimize Harm?
This invention made it possible to put information on paper quickly and cheaply, leading to an explosion in the distribution of newspapers.
What is the printing press?
This faculty member’s reporting and advocacy led to the Florida House passing a one-year tax break on diapers.
Who is Eric Adelson?
A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.
What is libel?
These are always said in number form and used as a type of attribution when necessary.
What are ages?
Avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived. Disclose unavoidable conflicts.
What is Act Independently?
This journalist used the pen name “Silence Dogood” to publish his letters in the New England Courant.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This faculty member recently traveled to New York City to win an Edward R. Murrow Award.
Who is Rick Brunson?
The suppression or restriction of publication by a government or authority.
What is censorship?
You spell out numbers less than this.
What is 10?
Respond quickly to questions about accuracy, clarity and fairness.
What is Be Accountable and Transparent?
The name of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s evening radio addresses during the Great Depression and World War II.
What are Fireside Chats?
This faculty member spent the 2011-2012 academic year conducting research in Uganda and Kenya as a Fulbright Scholar.
Who is Steven Collins?
Using the words and ideas of another without giving credit to the source.
What is plagiarism?
This section of the AP Stylebook includes references for bachelor’s, master’s and associate.
What is Academic Degrees?
Holding those in power accountable for their actions.
What is Seek Truth and Report It?
A journalist who searches for and tries to expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or other wrongdoing.
What is a muckracker?
This faculty member covered the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin murder trial for The New York Times.
Who is Lance Speere?
The federal act that requires the full or partial disclosure of unreleased government documents upon request.
What is the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)?