- started in May 1848, shortly after the telegraph
- joint effort among NY newspapers to make telegraphy affordable
- 6 highly competitive papers
- today it's the world's largest news organization providing coverage of news, sports, busines, weather, entertainment, politics, & technology
- 15,000 news outlets, reaches one billion people, 120 nations
- 3,500 employees
AP Style Rules
- months- spell out when using alone or with just the year (Ex. January 1979 was a cold month. Jan. 2 was the coldest day of the month. Feb 14, 1987, was the target date.) never abbreviate March, April, May, June or July
Datelines
- No state to follow large cities
- cities in caps, state (Ex. St. PAUL-Minn.; NEW ORLEANS)
- Always spell out Texas
- In a Texas newspaper, no need to follow the city with Texas (Ex. KELLER)
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