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Edible Ottawa Style Guide
Edible Ottawa Style Guide
Stylistic
• No
hyperlinks
in
copy
Addresses/Places
• Province
in
the
body
of
articles
abbreviated
as
Ont.
and
Qué.
• Use
the
full
word
for
Road,
Street,
Avenue
etc.
when
referring
to
it
generally
o Example:
There
are
many
mediocre
pubs
and
restaurants
on
Elgin
Street.
• If
you
are
using
an
address,
you
should
use
abbreviations
such
as
Rd.,
St.,
Ave.,
o Hooley’s,
at
291
Elgin
St.,
has
criminally
lame
food.
• United
States
is
U.S.
• ByWard
Market
(not
Byward)
Plain text
• Use
not
utilize
• Conjunctions
are
used
• Use
vegetables
not
veggies,
don’t
use
foodies
• Use
“such
as”
rather
than
“like”
• Use
“from”
not
“via”
• Practice
with
a
c
is
a
noun,
practise
with
an
s
is
a
verb
• “Per
cent”
not
“percent”
• “walked
into”
not
“entered”
• “sons”
not
“boys”
• Use
the
full
word
“centimetres”,
not
“cm”
Accents
• Québec
Names
• Secondary
references
of
people
use
last
name
• First
time
using
a
word
which
has
an
acronym
use
the
full
name,
then
provide
acronym
and
use
the
acronym
for
the
rest
of
the
article
o Example:
Community
Shared
Agriculture
(CSA)
• When
referencing
a
business,
make
sure
to
list
their
full
name-‐fact
check
to
be
sure
that
the
name
is
represented
accurately
o Example:
Mariposa
Farms
(should
not
be
listed
as
Mariposa)
• Always
include
edible
Ottawa
without
capital
E
(NOT
Edible
Ottawa)
• When
speaking
about
a
farm,
restaurant,
or
a
business,
use
“its”
not
“their”
o Example:
“Currently
the
farm
sells
beef
shares
to
its
existing
client
base.”
• If
writing
in
the
first
person,
make
it
easily
accessible
to
the
reader
who
YOU
are
(see
comment
from
Jennifer
on
page
28
of
first
issue)-‐It
is
best
not
to
start
an
article
in
first
person,
• Echinacea
has
a
capital
E
• Brands
of
food
always
have
capitals
o Example:
Saran
Wrap,
Coca
Cola
Writers’ Guide
Example:
Photographers’ Guide
• We
have
an
opportunity
to
include
several
images
in
our
spreads,
to
this
end
please
include
numerous
images
capturing
the
subject,
the
property,
the
food
(ingredients
and
finished
dishes),
people
enjoying
the
event,
business,
and
lots
of
b-‐roll
images
• For
portraits,
unposed
photos
are
preferred.
Instead
try
to
capture,
recognizable
shots
of
subjects
at
work,
in
action
or
in
their
natural
habitat
—
not
staring
straight
into
the
camera.
Full
frontal
posed
portraits
can
be
provided
as
a
back-‐up
to
ensure
we’ve
captured
an
image
of
the
subject
where
they’re
easy
to
recognize
or
if
confirmed
art
direction
requires
a
direct
portrait
• Please
include
details
for
creation
of
photo
captions,
or
write
a
caption
giving
readers
more
than
just
what
is
shown
(such
as
extra
statistics,
locations,
identifying
people
or
interesting
tidbits).
Please
also
provide
the
photo
credit
information.
• A
range
of
portrait
and
landscape
images
are
required.
While
portrait
images
are
used
most
in
the
print
version
of
the
magazine.
As
a
minimum,
please
provide
at
least
a
few
horizontal
images,
which
will
be
used
as
the
header
image
of
all
articles
archived
online.
• All
stories
are
archived
online
prior
to
the
release
of
the
next
print
issue
• Publishing
rights
are
for
one-‐time
print
in
edible
Ottawa
and/or
edible
Toronto
and
permanently
online.
After
the
print
issue
expires
(when
the
next
issue
is
released),
contributors
are
welcome
to
sell
or
use
the
images
for
other
assignments
or
purposes,
including
releasing/selling
them
to
subjects,
upon
request.
• Transferring
high
resolution
images
for
drafting
layout
and
final
edited
images
for
print,
using
a
link
to
cloud
storage
or
WeTransfer
is
preferred
• Photographers
are
to
book
and
coordinate
the
photo
shoot
directly
with
subjects,
unless
otherwise
arranged
• Images
are
not
to
be
used
on
social
media,
online
or
in
any
way
prior
to
the
release
of
the
print
publication
• We
seldom
use
photo
release
forms
unless
photos
include
the
general
public
and
children.
For
such
shoots,
please
get
a
release
form
from
editor
or
use
the
attached
• Final
photos
should
be
converted
to
CMYK
TIFFs
for
print
on
U.S.
Web
uncoated
2
stock
Mast Head
• Cross
reference
contributor
list
with
all
articles,
recipes,
illustrations
and
photos
Recipes
• Check
that
measurements
and
oven
temperatures
(degrees)
are
consistent
(NO
DEGREE
SIGN,
just
capitalized
unit
of
measurement
F)
• Check
that
all
ingredients
listed
are
used
in
the
recipe
Style
• Ensure
stylized
“e”
at
the
end
of
each
article
• Ensure
snappy
by-‐line
for
each
writer
at
the
end
of
each
article
• Ensure
subject
contact
info
at
end
of
article
is
correct
—
call
the
numbers,
check
websites
• Ensure
photo
captions
for
obvious
photos
Advertising
• Check
that
all
ads
are
included
• Fact
check
all
the
names
of
businesses,
their
location
info,
website,
contact
info,
phone
number