Here is the naming convention that everyine should use when creating and editing slugs in the APT system.

It is very important that you use this naming convention to make it easier to find your story and sidebars, advance them through the system and send to Web and archive properly.

The typical slugline should look very similar to Harris:

FR A1 MON Slug name here/editors’ initials here

Here are the letter designations we will use for the sections:

FR – all Page One stories, including sidebars that may go inside
NW – all A section nation/world stories
LW – all Local section stories
BU – all Business stories
SP -- Sports
OP – Opinion pieces
DB – Daybreak
AE – Arts and entertainment
RHY -- Rhythm

For example, a story going on Page 3 of Wednesday’s Local section would be slugged LW B3 WED slug here/editors’ initials here

NOTE: Please do not use a slash, backslash or “stovepipe” (straight up and down line) between the section and the page number, just a space.

Sidebars should have the page number of the main bar. For example, if you wrote a sidebar to go with your Thursday Local cover story, and Local is B1, your slug would be LW B1 THU sidebar slug/editors’ initials.

Questions? E-mail Julie Shirley.