2019 AP STYLEBOOK (Spiral-Bound)

Foreword
What’s new In this edition of the AP Stylebook
Key to Stylebook entries
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Punctuation
Business
	Covering corporate earnings reports
	International bureaus
	Bankruptcy
	Mergers and acquisitions
Data journalism
Polls and surveys
Health and science
AP social media guidelines
	The basics
	Using lists to stay organized and protect your privacy
	Search for people — and their photos and videos
	User-generated content
	Digital security for journalists
	Social media guidelines for AP employees
Religion
Sports
	Sports Identification Codes
	Major College Basketball Conferences
	Major College Football Conferences
	Football Championship Subdivision
Food
Fashion
Briefing on Media Law
	Introduction
	Legal principles of newsgathering
	Legal principles of publication
The Associated Press statement of news values and principles
	Anonymous sources
	Anonymous sources in material from other news sources
	Attributions
	Audio
	Bylines and datelines
	Conflicts of interest
	Corrections
	Data
	Fabrications
	Graphics and interactives
	Images
	Music
	Obscenities, profanities, vulgarities, hate and propaganda
	Privacy of victims
	Quotations
	Responses
	Social networks
	Use of others' materials
Broadcast Guidelines
	Corrections, correctives, clarifications
Editing marks
Bibliography
About the AP
Index
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