A tribute to the Chicago Manual of Style (while mostly mentioning the AP Stylebook)

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 07:46:46 -0700

I’m not a Chicago Manual of Style editor, though I could be.

Coming up in the world of journalism, the bible is the AP Stylebook, and I probably used it 20 times a day at one point. Eventually you remember what’s in there and can quote passages from memory. This was in the days before the Web took over, and we had reference books, physical clips of old newspapers and a telephone. (When we couldn’t figure something out, we’d make a call.)

Editing on passthejoe

A tribute to the Chicago Manual of Style (while mostly mentioning the AP Stylebook)