4 Style Snapshots to ponder
The style reminders include semicolons, religious titles, racial and national designations, and more.
Courtesy title reminder
Please remember that The Blade uses courtesy titles in stories,. When interviewing women, ask them which courtesy title they want used.
2 style items on ‘presenting’ sponsors
Reminders on 'presenting' sponsors for the 2018 Blade Rib Off and Authors! Authors!
3 quick Style Snapshots
Walmart Inc. goes by a new name. Plus, a primer on ages and numerals in headlines.
It’s Blade NewsSlide
The name of the company’s news/digital delivery initiative is Blade NewsSlide. NewsSlide is one word, with both the "N" and the second "S" capitalized.
McCain is ex-Navy pilot
Please refer to Senator John McCain in stories as a "former Navy pilot or a "former naval aviator."
New name for Metroparks
Metroparks Toledo is the new, shorter name for the government agency that operates 15 Metroparks totaling more than 12,000 acres in Lucas County.
STYLE CHANGE: No more hyphen with Toledo library
Toledo's library has officially changed its name to The Toledo Lucas County Public Library. That means NO HYPHEN.
We have to be more accurate
After twice misspelling the last name of the president of Fifth Third Bank in less than a week, Dave Murray reminds us to edit more carefully. Mistakes erode our credibility, he said.
Use Toledo Clinic only for Secor Road facility
DO NOT use the phrase "Toledo clinic" when writing headlines for stories about Toledo's remaining abortion clinic.