Maryland Province
Name & title: Kate Pipkin, Director of Communications
Institution & publication: Maryland Province, Maryland Province News (MPN), Electronic Maryland Province News (EMPN), inPartnership
Type of publication: newsletter, electronic newsletter, small magazine
Readership audience: Jesuits, donors, lay colleagues and other friends of the Jesuits
Number of pages: 4 for MPN and 16 for inPartnership
Frequency of publication: quarterly, electronic newsletter is every other week
Circulation: MPN is 600, inPartnership is 10,000
Color: 4-color
Basic style manual: AP Stylebook
Reason for using the manual: AP Style is widely used and suits our needs.
Dictionary: American Heritage
Reason for using dictionary: been using it for years with no problem
Other resources: Roget's Thesaurus, CNS Styleguide
Items on our house style sheet not covered in our manual: In first reference of a Jesuit, we do not use Father, but we do use SJ. In second reference we use Father. ie: Harry Smith, SJ. We usually say St. Ignatius. We try to lowercase the p in province unless we say Maryland Province. We don't use periods after SJ.
Items on our house stylesheet that override our manual: We capitalize Mass and Eucharist
Unresolved issues: Explaining to those not in communications the importance of remaining consistent with style guidelines.