The Stylebook is a fundamental reference for professional writers and editors, and can have a significant impact on journalistic language in the United States and internationally. Many of those who ...

No outlet has been more egregious than The Associated Press, which catalogs language in its AP Stylebook, the traditional stylistic handbook journalists have used for decades.

It’s not that the AP Stylebook is infallible. Far from it. It’s that it’s our bible, and if we don’t all follow its dictates, mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. But you can lobby for ...

When President Trump decided to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, he wasn’t spending too much time thinking about how the Associated Press would respond.The Associated Press may ...

The Associated Press said that two of its reporters were barred from attending events at the White House on Tuesday because of a decision made by the wire service to continue using the name Gulf ...

But especially in the pre-digital age, when the stylebook was print-only, revised every few years, and your cheap newspaper had to buy a bunch of new copies, it could take ages to make a change.

“The use of the first name Chelsea and feminine pronouns in Manning’s case is in conformity with the transgender guidance in the AP Stylebook,” the AP had announced.

For an American print journalist, it is impossible to overestimate the importance of the Associated Press Stylebook. Hold the phone. Is that instead Style Book? Just checking here … no. Got it right ...