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The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law

The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law
Author: Norm Goldstein
Publisher: Basic Books
Category: Book

List Price: $18.95
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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 21 reviews
Sales Rank: 107

Media: Paperback
Edition: Rev Upd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 1

ISBN: 046500489X
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.06607
EAN: 9780465004898

Publication Date: July 28, 2007
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5 out of 5 stars AP Stylebook Advantages   November 5, 2007
 4 out of 6 found this review helpful



Ron Marlar (a retired USAF officer, college professor, school teacher, living currently in Florida)

A primary advantage of The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law is the ease of finding style standards for journalistic writing. There are many writing style guides. Some are general in nature. Others are more specific for special kinds of writing, e.g., college reports, academic papers, scientific reports, and religious books and papers. No other rises to the level of ease as that of The Associated Press Stylebook for finding style standards. This is due to the A to Z listing format used in The Associated Press Stylebook.
Another advantage of this stylebook is indicated by its full title including Briefing on Media Law. Journalists and other writers may know how to write. They may have memorized well most of the style standards, but few seem to know media law unless well trained in journalism schools of top quality.
Other advantages include: the What's New, Bibliography, specific Sports and Business Guidelines and Style, Guide to Punctuation, and Proofreaders' Marks sections.
The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law with its frequent updates is for serious, professional writers and others who want to know how to write and understand legal issues in writing to communicate.



5 out of 5 stars The Bible of Journalistic Style   December 19, 2002
 3 out of 4 found this review helpful

This (as well as subsequent additions) remains to be the authority on journalistic organization and style. It should be (and probably is) on the desktop of every professional and aspiring journalist.


2 out of 5 stars 50 missing pages make it useless   November 15, 2006
 3 out of 10 found this review helpful

I got my copy in early November 2006 and discovered pages 181 - 228 are missing. No sign that they were cut out or torn out, so it must have been a binding error.

I am missing everything between "one-sided" and "Simoniz" :-)

I have used the AP Stylebook for 30 years and love it, but be careful if you order the 2004 edition.



5 out of 5 stars a journalist's bible   February 24, 2006
 2 out of 9 found this review helpful

For any person taking a journalism class or on any staff, this is your best friend.


5 out of 5 stars Associated Press Stylebook   August 23, 2007
 2 out of 7 found this review helpful

This us a reference book. It doesn't need a review. It is excellent.



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