My favorite thing about Associated Press Style is that the rules help you know how to write certain things... except when the rule doesn't apply. Did you read my sarcasm in the last line? I hope
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Writing
31 Practical Tips to Improve Your Writing Overnight
I don't know any writer who doesn't want to be better at the craft. I'd be dishonest if I didn't tell you that the best
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Advice for writing editorials worth reading
Editor's note: I updated this post on Feb. 16, 2021 to include updated examples and wording. It's that time of
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Drafting a Content Removal Policy
I had a lot of fun in college. Unfortunately, that “fun” included doing many stupid things. I cringe when I think back
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Is it Freshman or Freshmen?
My student editor scurried across the hall from the Newsroom to my office, holding a proof of a newspaper page.
"Is it
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Writing Academic Titles
Is it Professor Kenna Griffin or professor Kenna Griffin? If you chose the first one, you're correct. When writing
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Writing Academic Departments
There are just some things you are guaranteed to reference when writing about a university or on an education beat. I
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Writing Academic Degrees
If you're writing at a university or on an education beat, chances are great that you'll reference academic
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Using Abbreviations in Your Writing
Abbreviations are tricky because you don't want your writing to look like alphabet soup, but you also don't want to
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Writing about Media
Media are supposed to report the news, not be the news. But every once in a while you find yourself writing about them
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