The AP Stylebook is marking its 60th anniversary with the
2013 print edition, which includes more than 90 new or updated entries and broadens the guidelines on social media.
At about 500 pages, the AP Stylebook is widely used in
newsrooms, classrooms and corporate offices worldwide. More than a dozen of the
new entries are in the sections on food (such as Benedictine and Grand Marnier,
madeleine and upside-down cake) and
fashion (chichi and froufrou).
The new entry on mental illness gives guidelines on when
references are relevant, particularly in stories involving violent crime, and
how they should be reported. The entry
on illegal immigration, widely reported when it was announced in April,
prohibits use of the term illegal immigrant, except in direct quotations
essential to a story. Use of the word illegal is limited to an action, not a person.
The section on social media has been expanded with additional
terms and definitions, including
circles, flash mob and Google Hangout. Also broadened is information on
how to secure, authenticate, attribute and reference user-generated content for
text, photo captions and video scripts.
The weapons section spells out differences between assault
rifle and assault weapon, magazine and clip, and pistol and revolver, and adds
entries on bolt-action and lever-action rifles.
The 2013 edition consolidates a number of changes made since the 2012 volume was published.
Stylebook Online is updated throughout the year, as AP editors make additions
or changes.
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