What to call it: “Obamacare”? Affordable Care Act? “New health care law”?
The question has come up again: What should we call this new program?
Another change in the spelling of the Iranian president’s name
We’ve made another change to the spelling of the Iranian president’s name. We will henceforth spell it Hassan Rouhani rather than Hasan Rouhani. During the current United Nations General Assembly session, Rouhani’s office has been sending out materials in English with the president’s first name spelled with a double “s.” We checked with officials there and they say the president prefers that spelling in English.
Paul Cheung named director of interactive and digital news production
The following promotion was announced today by AP Vice President and Managing Editor Lou Ferrara in an internal memo:
Interviewing and photographing young people
Questions often arise about interviewing and photographing children and teenagers.
More on AP’s style on Pvt. Chelsea Manning
Yesterday the AP announced that we will use Pvt. Chelsea Manning to refer to the soldier convicted in the WikiLeaks case, rather than Pvt. Bradley Manning. We also will use female pronouns for Manning.