AP Style Update: website
@APStylebook announced today it has finally buckled on the Web site / website issue. Mark this day in history, AP Style nerds. We’re now to write the word as website, if you don’t understand the editing marks below. The organization is also considering changing state abbreviations — looking forward to that one. W.Va.? Really? Photo … Read more
Putting Tight Writing in Perspective
Information overload. Every morning, I check headlines, my RSS feed, Twitter, Facebook and two e-mail accounts filled with alerts and PR resources. How do I keep up? Everything is “microcommunicated,” which I expect to pass spell check in the next few years. While the masses say e-mail is dead, I disagree. Almost every reporter I’ve … Read more
Trimming the Fat
Last month, I wrote a post focusing on the qualities of a solid writer (read “Be a Solid Writer”), which referenced a saying a professor of mine often used — “trim the fat.” I thought I’d focus an entire post on trimming the fact, after a PR student recommended the topic. I was helping the same … Read more
Be a Solid Writer
Writing makes up quite a bit of a practitioners day-to-day. We write pitch e-mails, media alerts, press releases, backgrounders, key learnings, business plans, research findings and dozens of additional documents. Let it be known — practitioners must know how to write. Seniors, it may have been two years since you took your intro to news … Read more
