Michigan Municipal League November/December 2023 Review Magazine

Writing Guidelines We’ve also created official writing guidelines in which we address: • our overall writing style: Chicago style, and the use of AP style for media materials to keep in line with industry standards • terminology for league departments, programs, and partnerships • grammar, punctuation, capitalization, etc. • preferred language (e.g., using councilmember rather than councilman) One voice for our organization with guidelines for changes in tone across our platforms and materials.. Morgan Schwanky is a content developer for the League. You may contact her at 734-669-6320 or mschwanky@mml.org.

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| November/December 2023