Revising the AP Stylebook: Q&A with editor David Minthorn

Authors

Sue Burzynski Bullard, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

11-4-2010

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Published in ACES Copydesk, November 4, 2010. © Copyright 1997-2010 ACES; online at http://www.copydesk.org/news/features/2010/ap-qa/

Abstract

David Minthorn, the deputy standards editor of the Associated Press, answered questions in an e-mail interview about how the AP Stylebook comes together. Minthorn has been a correspondent or editor with the Associated Press for more than 40 years. He has worked on style issues at the news cooperative since 2000. Minthorn is one of three editors of the AP Stylebook and answers questions on the Ask the Editor website.