{"id":11492,"date":"2016-06-01T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T11:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=11492"},"modified":"2016-06-01T18:09:17","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T23:09:17","slug":"new-ap-stylebook-makes-l-of-a-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/06\/01\/new-ap-stylebook-makes-l-of-a-change\/","title":{"rendered":"New AP Stylebook makes L of a change"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11494\" style=\"width: 391px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/06\/01\/new-ap-stylebook-makes-l-of-a-change\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11494\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11494\" alt=\"AP Stylebook\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AP-Stylebook.jpg\" width=\"381\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AP-Stylebook.jpg 381w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AP-Stylebook-202x300.jpg 202w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AP-Stylebook-150x222.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AP-Stylebook-200x296.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/a> AP Stylebook<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Chicago has a new distinction in the definitive resource for journalists: As of Wednesday, the city can lay claim to the shortest entry in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apstylebook.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Associated Press Stylebook.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is, simply, <em>L.<!--more--><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11493\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AP-L.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11493\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11493\" alt=\"AP Stylebook (Page 155)\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AP-L-300x188.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AP-L-300x188.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AP-L-1024x643.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AP-L-150x94.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AP-L-1200x753.jpg 1200w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AP-L-400x251.jpg 400w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AP-L-800x502.jpg 800w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AP-L-200x125.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AP Stylebook (Page 155)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Among more than 240 new and modified entries, the just-released 2016 AP Stylebook formalizes \u201cL\u201d as the accepted spelling for the Chicago Transit Authority train system.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes in the new edition include switching<em> internet<\/em> and <em>web<\/em> to lowercase in all instances; allowing<em> DJ<\/em> on first reference; recognizing <em>spokesperson<\/em> in addition to<em> spokesman<\/em> and <em>spokeswoman;<\/em> and providing new guidance on the terms <em>marijuana, cannabis<\/em> and <em>pot; cross dresser<\/em> and <em>transvestite; accident<\/em> and <em>crash; notorious<\/em> and <em>notoriety.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It also features 36 new and updated entries in the food chapter, from<em> arctic char<\/em> to <em>whisky\/whiskey,<\/em> and eight in the fashion chapter, including <em>normcore<\/em> and <em>Uniqlo.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Available in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apstylebook.com\" target=\"_blank\">print and digital formats, <\/a>the AP Stylebook is used as a writing and editing reference in newsrooms, classrooms and offices around the world. Its guidelines on spelling, language, punctuation, usage and journalistic style have been updated regularly since 1953.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11497\" style=\"width: 943px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CTA.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11497\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11497\" alt=\"The L\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CTA.jpg\" width=\"933\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CTA.jpg 933w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CTA-300x157.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CTA-150x78.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CTA-400x210.jpg 400w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CTA-800x421.jpg 800w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CTA-200x105.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The L<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago has a new distinction in the definitive resource for journalists: As of Wednesday, the city can lay claim to the shortest entry in The Associated Press Stylebook. It is, simply, L.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11492"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11498,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11492\/revisions\/11498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}