AP style question for 2009

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AP style question for 2009

« on: July 03, 2009, 05:50:37 PM »

Very quickly and seriously, if somebody has the newest AP guide or an online subscription.

During the Confederations Cup, every dateline was Johannesburg, with no South Africa.

The Americanized story out of the Bislett Games today was Oslo, no Norway.

In the style books we have -- and yes, we need new ones, but we don't have them today -- those would get the countries along with the cities.

Has AP changed its style on international datelines, or greatly expanded the ones that stand alone?

If somebody could do a quick check through either a new guide or an online subscription, I'd appreciate it.


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« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2009, 07:12:30 PM »

Those are both on the list of standalone datelines in the online stylebook.
AMSTERDAM MACAU
BAGHDAD MADRID
BANGKOK MEXICO CITY
BEIJING MILAN
BEIRUT MONACO
BERLIN MONTREAL
BOGOTA MOSCOW
BRUSSELS MUNICH
CAIRO NEW DELHI
COPENHAGEN OSLO
DJIBOUTI OTTAWA
DUBLIN PANAMA CITY
FRANKFURT PARIS
GENEVA PRAGUE
GIBRALTAR QUEBEC CITY
GUATEMALA CITY RIO DE JANEIRO
HAMBURG ROME
HAVANA SAN MARINO
HELSINKI SAO PAULO
HONG KONG SHANGHAI
ISLAMABAD SINGAPORE
ISTANBUL STOCKHOLM
JERUSALEM SYDNEY
JOHANNESBURG TOKYO
KABUL TORONTO
KUWAIT CITY VATICAN CITY
LONDON VIENNA
LUXEMBOURG ZURICH


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« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2009, 08:00:29 PM »

That change came about five months ago. The online stylebook is the way to go as mentioned before. Immediate updates. And emails letting you know when things get changed.


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Re: AP style question for 2009

« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2009, 11:34:03 PM »

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« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2009, 07:33:07 AM »

Quote from: DirtyDeeds on July 03, 2009, 07:12:30 PM

Thank you very much, much appreciated.


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« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2009, 04:29:48 PM »

Quote from: DirtyDeeds on July 03, 2009, 07:12:30 PM

I still say Panama City should take Fla. after it. Grin


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Re: AP style question for 2009

« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2009, 11:31:22 PM »

Funny story about that.
When I worked in Miami, the rules were:

Panama City (for Florida)
and
Panama City, Panama


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Re: AP style question for 2009

« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2009, 06:57:39 AM »

It doesn't matter because we're all filing from AMMAN anyway.


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