Filing Your Story: A Style Sheet

JRN 300 STYLE SHEET

Headlines and subheads are downstyle. Capitalize only the first word in the headline and proper nouns. Numbers should never be spelled out. Subheads are recommended in long stories. Subheads should be downstyle and bold body type.

Bylines:

By Sam Spartan

Listen Up Lansing staff writer

Place references: Follow AP style

Day references should include the date, as our stories live on, on the web. The day of the week is optional: "The board met at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3." The year is usually not needed, as stories are time-stamped. In dates, AP style is to not use ordinal numbers such as 3^rd.

Paragraphs are not indented. Simply hit return for an extra line between paragraphs.

Hyperlink from names or nouns. Since you will be sending me your stories in Word documents and then I'll be posting them to WordPress, please let me know WHERE you would like your hyperlink, and then add the actual URL to the bottom of your story.

Attach your pictures and graphics to your eamil, so I scan post them with your story.

Include at the end of your story a list of your sources, along with their phone numbers and email addresses. This is so I can contact your sources if I have any questions before I post your stories.