Editing Media guide (section)

==History==
Press guides – later known as media guides – have existed since at least the 1930s and provide one of the few detailed sources of comprehensive historical athletic data before the [[United States Department of Education|Department of Education]] and [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] requirements of the 1980s.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

An older term for a similar type of publication is "dope book". According to ''[[Cassell's Dictionary of Slang]]'', the term originated in the 19th century and refers to an information book on any subject, but usually on [[horse racing]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Green |first1=Jonathon |title=Cassell's Dictionary of Slang |date=2005 |publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson |location=London |isbn=0304366366 |page=432 |edition=2nd |entry=dope book |entry-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5GpLcC4a5fAC&dq=%22dope+book%22&pg=PA432}}</ref>