Style Guide
CLICK HERE for a printable pdf version of the 2005 Style Guide.
The Diversity Style Guide will be updated as terminology changes.
Questions or comments should be sent to News Watch at
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The News Watch Diversity Style Guide was compiled with the help of the
Asian
American Journalists Association,
National
Association of Hispanic Journalists,
National Association
of Black Journalists,
National
Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, the
Native
American Journalists Association, the
National
Center on Disability and Journalism, the
South
Asian Journalists Association, and
"100
Questions and Answers About Arabs: A Journalist's Guide" by the Detroit Free
Press.
News Watch also extends a special thank you to others who helped revise this guide: Phil Avila, copy editor at the
Wall Street Journal; Vada Crosby, page designer/copy editor at
The Hartford Courant; Hank Glamann, assistant managing editor at
The Plain Dealer in Cleveland; and Carol Reynolds-Srot, senior copy editor/travel at
The Miami Herald.
The Media Guide to Islam is intended for journalists looking for a primer on Islam and Muslims living in the U.S.