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For Press Release Distribution, Use AP Style for Consistency and Uniformity, According to PressRelease.com

Properly styled press releases help members of the press quickly and easily navigate written content and find relevant information.



SARASOTA, Fla. - August 3, 2021 - (Newswire.com)

The Associated Press (AP) publishes a style guide each year, detailing specifics around how to format written content. These standards ensure that no matter who the author is, the structure is uniform and easily understood. This also applies to press release distribution, and with PressRelease.com, companies can ensure a clear, consistent message utilizing AP style with its easy-to-use PR distribution services.

"Using AP style will indirectly increase the chances your press release gets picked up by the media," says Erik Rohrmann, COO at PressRelease.com. "Time is a valuable resource, and the more time a journalist has to spend making sense of an unformatted release, the less likely they will be to make the effort to cover it. Respecting their time and formatting your content appropriately will go a long way."

AP style ensures that information is presented in a way that is most valuable to journalists and other media professionals. They are constantly on the hunt for potential breaking stories and material news, so formatting content in a specific way makes their job easier and helps save precious time.

Below are a few tips for common issues when using AP style:

  • Numbers: Whole numbers below 10 should be spelled out, otherwise use figures for numbers 10 and above, as well as ages and percentages.
  • Time: Use a 12-hour format with lowercase a.m. and p.m., with periods. Use figures with a space in between the time and a.m. or p.m. For the exact hour, omit the minutes (i.e. ":00").
  • Commas: AP style does not require the use of a serial (Oxford) comma. Omit the comma before the last item in a series.
  • Abbreviations: The AP stylebook has a long list of accepted abbreviations and rules. For example, if an acronym contains more than two letters, periods aren't required between them. But if it's composed of just two letters, periods should be included, although there are exceptions to the rule. For best results, reference the AP stylebook.

With strategic press release distribution, businesses can quickly and easily communicate with the public and media effectively with AP style, increasing brand awareness, media coverage and conversion rates among their core audiences.

PressRelease.com helps CEOs and business leaders improve their targeting and reach via simple and effective press release distribution services. To learn more about how to create newfound value through press release content, visit PressRelease.com.

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