My AP Story from 2018 on robots popped up in a link complete with video apnews.com/article/7517...

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The first webinar of the AP Stylebook Workshop is on May 6. But webinars are just one piece of the workshop. You'll also get access to AP Stylebook Online and AP Stylebook Study Guides, plus an online classroom with on-demand videos and chats with your peers. store.stylebooks.com/ap-stylebook...

Then in the fall, AP Stylebook Workshop 201: Refine Your Content will cover the big-picture questions of how to improve your writing and editing to make your copy clear and compelling. Join us for one or the other or both: store.stylebooks.com/ap-stylebook...

Now instead of trying to present an overview of the whole Stylebook in four weeks, we break it up into two workshops. This week, we start AP Stylebook Workshop 101: Master the Mechanics. We'll focus on the fundamentals including punctuation, capitalization and numerals.

When we introduced the AP Stylebook Workshop a few years back, it was a little like hosting a party and wondering if anyone would come. Thousands of you did! You told us it was informative and enjoyable, but a lot all at once. We heard you.

"Star Wars" is enclosed in quotes both in references to the movie series, entertainment spinoffs and the Strategic Defense Initiative against nuclear attack of the 1980s. Also: “Star Wars” Day, “Star Wars” Canyon.

CONGRATS! The Monster at No. 1 and note Junto still there on the list for a spectacular performance. www.ringmagazine.com/fighters/ran...

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Then Anna Jo and Colleen enjoyed a happy hour with Chicago Manual of Style’s Jenny Ringblom and Peter Sokolowski of Merriam-Webster. This is what it looks like to spend a few days with people who care deeply about language.

In addition to speaking at our own session at ACES: The Society for Editing, Stylebook Editor Anna Jo Bratton was a judge for a rowdy spelling bee and Stylebook Product Manager Colleen Newvine helped officiate a game show for copy editors. Anna Jo was even a correct answer in the game show.

　So Ryu Miho, Turner and I did "What Do You Think" at What The Dickens in Tokyo May 3, 2026. One man came up to us and said his wife always asks him that, and he never seems to have the right answer so he's given up. on.soundcloud.com/fUOgmssZyqNc...

what a fight. they were both great. Inoue just happened to be at the top of his sport and maybe Nakatani is still getting there. although Inoue is more than an inch shorter, he looked just as big as Nakatani on the ring. he was fast and in total control. we loved every moment….

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井上尚也をAPインタビューしたときすでに彼はすごいチャンピオン。でも気さくな方で、モンスターなんて家族はだれもいいませんよ、大橋会長だけですよ、ってわらって言ったのは印象的でした。一流アスリートは人としても魅力的なのであんなにファンが熱狂する。その現象をストーリーとして世界に伝えるのがAP記者の役目。だからアスリートはちゃんとAP記者と向かい合ってくれる。

However, when something is clearly identifiable without the company's name, don't include the full name unless the sponsor is relevant to the story: Fiesta Bowl, not the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl; Arrowhead Stadium, not GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.

When a company sponsors a sporting or other event identified only by the company's name, use the name on the first reference: Buick Open, SoFi Stadium.

We shared an update to our brand names entry in our session at the conference of ACES: The Society for Editing last week. AP suggests referring to events and venues by the name most familiar to readers.

We hear from a lot of writers and editors who feel isolated. You don't have peers to talk to during your day about grammar, spelling, word choice and the like. Sign up for the AP Stylebook Workshop and talk with people who get it in our online classroom chats. store.stylebooks.com/ap-stylebook...

Have you felt FOMO reading about our session at ACES: The Society for Editing? Sign up for the AP Stylebook Workshop and join us for a live webinar about what's new in AP style on May 27, the day we publish our new AP Stylebook, 58th Edition: store.stylebooks.com/ap-stylebook...

We added new terms to AP Stylebook Online last week: * jumpscare * fanbase * lipsync * offside * primetime All of them are styled as one word with no hyphen.

Not to boast, I got to watch Naoya Inoue train, and I saw his warmup exercises. Ever since, I copy his hip exercise and do it everyday and think of him, too.

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Got up early in hopes of catching this photo before work this morning. There's only a few days each year where it's cool enough in the morning to make this shot possible. Thankfully, today was one of those days! #wildlife #birds

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if you've done any martial arts, you know it's hard to punch when you are breathing in. so if you want to catch someone off guard, wait till that person breathes out and get him when he breathes in.

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中谷チャンピオンとのインタビューで、みんなが期待してるからKOで井上尚也に勝つ、といったときあまりにもかわいかったのでつい、いいのふつうに勝てばって言ってしまいました。そんなふうにひとを思わせでくれる一流のアスリートは案外います。神風特攻隊で入場するアメリカで修行した若い日本人ボクサーをいとおしく感じるのは自然でしょう。愛されるボクサーになりたい、ともインタビューで言ってたことを最近も言ってるようですがKOにはこだわらないとも言ってて、なんか気になります。

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In our AP Stylebook Workshops, you'll learn directly from the AP Stylebook Committee members who make AP style. In Master the Mechanics, which kicks off May 6, you'll also hear from Grammar Girl herself, Mignon Fogarty. Join us: store.stylebooks.com/ap-stylebook...

The email links to this blog post by Gerri Berendzen: aceseditors.org/news/2026/ap... #ACES2026

Many thanks to ACES: The Society for Editing for treating the Stylebook's session at your conference last week like big news. ACES sent an email to its members on Friday with the subject line, "ACES Atlanta 2026: Big reveal! AP announces Stylebook changes."

Sign up your whole team for the AP Stylebook Workshop and you'll not only get a group discount, you'll also get fodder for good staff development conversations. If you have style challenges you argue about, you can ask the Stylebook editors to weigh in. Join us: store.stylebooks.com/ap-stylebook...

In a recent online interview Junto Nakatani says he always sees a yellow butterfly before his fight, even in the winter, and that means he will win. Nakatani has lived in the U.S. growing up, and, for Asians in America, yellow is a special color, a symbol of our legacy, suffering, pride and …

As I was doing interviews at a boxing gym, I told the trainer, well, as an AP reporter I can't do stories unless Japanese are on a global level. And now boxers are for sure. He didn't blink. And that is what I love about this story and about boxers.

Cleverly done. Never mind we know it’s fake. It still sustains attention with a nice documentary feel for a great off-beat whodunit without the special effects or spectacular action we’re used to seeing these days in filmmaking. youtu.be/MMhLNJ2Tf9U?...

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Shares are mostly lower in Asia and oil prices have gained as diplomatic efforts to end the Iran war stalled again.

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We announced this change at ACES: The Society for Editing on Friday. This guidance is live on AP Stylebook Online now.

Racial issues are vital to consider when writing about these identities. But identity as Native American or Indigenous peoples goes beyond race, reaching into topics of sovereignty and self-determination of tribal nations and citizens. This move reflects that broader classification.

We have created a separate entry for "Native Americans, Indigenous people/peoples." Previously, the entry was included as part of the book’s race-related coverage entry. Why did we move it?

Sign up for the AP Stylebook Workshop to connect with people who share your love of language. The online classroom includes discussion forums to ask questions, get ideas and commiserate with fellow word nerds. store.stylebooks.com/ap-stylebook...