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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Meeting notes from February 11, 2016</b></div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>News Office style guide</b></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Maia Weinstock, deputy editor of the News Office, led us through some of the highlights in the style guide (see attached file). MIT communicators are not required to use the style guide, but Maia commented that many people
appreciate having it as a resource and that any articles submitted for Campus News will be edited to follow this format. She pointed out several entries that staff may find especially useful:</div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Acronyms</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Apostrophes</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Captions</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Courtesy titles</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Departments</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Mens et manus</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">MIT.nano</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">MITx</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Photo credits</div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The News Office style guide is heavily based on the AP Stylebook, which may be purchased directly from the
<a href="https://www.apstylebook.com">Associated Press</a>. </div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Campus News and MIT in the News</b></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Maia has a couple of tips for submitting an article to
<a href="https://news.mit.edu/user/login?destination=user/campus-news/submit">Campus News</a>. Including related links and related MIT news articles can help get your story published faster. If you have a YouTube video to embed, include a note for Maia with
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For the MIT in the News weekly email, the Media Relations team monitors MIT mentions and selects the ones to feature. If you have questions on how to get a story about your department featured, contact Kimberly Allen, director
of media relations and deputy director of the News Office: <a href="mailto:allenkc@mit.edu">
allenkc@mit.edu</a>. </div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Upcoming meetings</b></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">All meetings are from 12-1 pm; feel free to bring a lunch.</div>
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<div>Monday, March 21 <b><font color="#ff0000">Date change!</font></b></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=38">38-466</a></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Electrical Engineering and Computer Science</div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Monday, April 11</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=6">6-104</a></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Materials Science and Engineering</div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tuesday, May 10</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=66">66-360</a></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Chemical Engineering</div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tuesday, June 7</div>
<div><a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=24">24-516</a> <b><font color="#ff0000">Location change!</font></b></div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Best,</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bara</div>
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<div>Bara Blender</div>
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<div>Communications Strategist</div>
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