New AP Stylebook includes 300 new or revised entries, inclusive storytelling chapter

The AP Stylebook, 56th Edition, includes guidance that is new as of plus additions and changes made throughout the year on AP Stylebook Online, such as a new chapter on inclusive storytelling and relevant expanded guidance announced earlier this year.

The new inclusive storytelling chapter emphasizes the importance of inclusive reporting and editing in ensuring accuracy and fairness, and offers guidance to recognize and overcome unconscious biases; use thoughtful and precise language; reach beyond usual sources and story ideas; include necessary context and background; avoid tokenism; and make content accessible.

Many new and revised Stylebook entries contain guidance relevant to inclusive storytelling, including 35 new or revised disabilities-related entries, and expanded pronoun guidance advising to writers to use they/them/their as much as possible as a way of accurately describing a person who uses those pronouns for themself.

Among the changes in the spiral-bound 2022 Stylebook:

• Greatly expanded and revised guidance on migration, immigration, including an explanation of the terms migrant versus immigrant, a detailed rundown on agencies dealing with immigration and migration, and 20 new or revised individual entries. 
• Renamed entry on marijuana, cannabis that now says those terms can be used interchangeably and offers additional updates to related terms, including decriminalization and delta, such as delta-8.
• A new entry on child-free, childless, advising to avoid using these terms other than in direct quotes essential to the story.
• New guidance that says supervised injection sites, safe injection sites and overdose prevention are acceptable terminology.
• New guidance on terrorism that says to describe specific actions that are being perpetrated, and attribute the use of the word terrorism or terrorist to authorities except when talking about historical events widely acknowledged as terrorist actions.
• Updated chapters on social media and web-based reporting, and polls and surveys.

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