AP Style “Quiz”

February 3rd, 2010

To help you get used to AP Style before we have any “official” quizzes, please try your hand at determining which of the sentences in the PDF below have errors in them. It’s easiest if you print the PDF and work on it as a hardcopy.
Correct all the AP errors you find, then watch the [...]

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AP Style Bootcamp :: Flagging Your AP Stylebook

February 1st, 2010

Get out your AP Stylebook, Post-It notes and a pen and get ready for a short bootcamp by Barbara Nixon. Learn what the five most important things to know about AP Style are, and even get a bonus at the end. Flag your book as you go along, pausing when you need to.

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What PR Writers REALLY Need to Know About AP Style, Revisited

January 30th, 2010

[Updated from a blog post from April 2009]
In the public relations courses that I’ve taught over the years, it seems as though one of the biggest struggles for the students is writing using Associated Press style.
Why is learning AP style so important? PR practitioner Sandra Hernandez offers this:
PR writers really need to know the things [...]

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What PR Writers REALLY Need to Know About AP Style

April 26th, 2009

In the public relations courses that I’ve taught over the years, it seems as though one of the biggest struggles for the students is writing using Associated Press style.
Why is learning AP style so important? PR practitioner Sandra Hernandez offers this:
PR writers really need to know the things that make them effective. I learned to write in [...]

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