AP style英语新闻作品分析课`.ppt

17. Halloween is on October 31st. 18. There were 10000 people in the stadium. 19. He makes 100000 dollars a year. 20. The candy bar costs a dollar fifty. AP Style There are some basic rules of editing with regards to punctuation, spellings, etc which may vary from one company to another. A copy editor, while doing editing, follows these rules, which are referred to as house style in the publishing industry. What Is Associated Press Style? One of the first things a student in a beginning journalism course learns about is Associated Press style, or AP style for short. AP style is simply a standardized way of writing everything from dates to street addresses to job titles. AP style was developed and is maintained by The Associated Press, the world’s oldest news service. The Basics of Associated Press?Style Why Do I Have To Learn AP Style? Learning AP style is certainly not the most exciting or glamorous aspect of a career in journalism, but getting a handle on it is absolutely necessary. Why? Because AP style is the gold standard for print journalism. It’s used by the vast majority of newspapers and news websites in the U.S. How Do I Learn AP Style? To learn AP style you must get your hands on an AP Stylebook. It can be purchased at most bookstores or online. The stylebook is a comprehensive catalog of proper style usage and has literally thousands of entries. As such, it can be intimidating to the first-time user. But the AP Stylebook is designed to be used by reporters and editors working on tight deadlines, so generally it’s pretty easy to use. There’s no point in trying to memorize the AP Stylebook. The important thing is to get into the habit of using it whenever you write a news story to make sure your article follows proper AP style. The more you use the book, the more you’ll start to memorize certain points of AP style. Eventually you won’t have to refer to the stylebook nearly as much. On the other hand, don’t get cocky and toss out your AP S