The Style Book of the Detroit News
For helpful suggestions the editor is beholden to the style books ofthe United States Government Printing Office, the Universities ofMissouri, Iowa and Montana, the Indianapolis News, the Chicago Herald,and the New York Evening Post; to "Newspaper Writing and Editing," byWillard G. Bleyer; "Newspaper Editing," by Grant M. Hyde; "The Writingof News," by Charles G. Ross; and to the New York Tribune for permissionto make applicable to Michigan its digest of the libel laws of NewYork.
The inscriptions on the building of The News, reprinted in this book inboxes, were written by Prof. Fred N. Scott, of the University ofMichigan.
THE HOME OF THE DETROIT NEWSFort Street, Second Avenue and Lafayette Boulevard
| Founded by James Edmund Scripps | August 23, 1873 |
| Absorbed the subscription lists of the Detroit Daily Union | July 27, 1876 |
| Established a Sunday edition | Nov. 30, 1884 |
| Sunday News and Sunday Tribunecombined as Sunday News-Tribune | October 15, 1893 |
| Daily Tribune merged with The Newsand discontinued | February 1, 1915 |
| Ground broken for present building | November, 1915 |
| Sunday News-Tribune became TheSunday News | October 14, 1917 |
| The News entered new building | October 15, 1917 |
The
Style Book
OF
The Detroit News
Edited by
A. L. WEEKS
Published and Copyrighted 1918 by
The Evening News Association
Detroit
This edition consists of1,000 copies, of whichthis is No. 625
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| The Aim of The Detroit News | 1 |
| Instructions to Reporters | 4 |
| Instructions to Copy Readers | 6 |
| Preparing Copy | 7 |
| Leads | 7 |
| Heads | 8 |
| Diction | 14 |
| A. P. Style | 15 |
| Capitalization | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |