Editing AP Stylebook (section)

==Organization==
The ''AP Stylebook'' is organized into sections:

;Business Guidelines
:A reference section for reporters covering business and financial news including general knowledge of accounting, bankruptcy, mergers, and international bureaus. For instance, it includes explanations of five different chapters of bankruptcy.

;Sports Guidelines and Style
:Includes terminology, statistics, organization rules and guidelines commonly referenced by sports reporters, such as the correct way to spell and use basketball terminology like half-court pass, field goal and goal-tending.

;Guide to Punctuation 
:A specific guide on how to use punctuation in journalistic materials. This section includes rules regarding hyphens, commas, parentheses, and quotations.

;Briefing on Media Law
:An overview of legal issues and ethical expectations for those working in journalism, including the difference between slander and libel. Slander is spoken; libel is written.

;Photo Captions
:The simple formula of what to include when writing a photo caption, usually called a cutline in newspapers.

;Editing Marks
:A key with editing symbols to assist the journalist with the proofreading process.

;Digital Security
:A guide to protect journalists, their work, sources, online accounts, and avoid online harassment.

;Bibliography
:This provides second reference materials for information not included in the book. For example, it says to use ''Webster's New World College Dictionary'' as a reference after the ''AP Stylebook'' for spelling, style, usage and foreign geographic names.