McQuaid Jesuit High School
Name & title: Francine Patella Ryan, Director, Marketing/Communications
Institution & publication: McQuaid Jesuit High School, Editor
Type of publication: Newsletter, Annual Report, Brochures
Readership audience: Alumni, donors, faculty/staff, current parents, graduate parents, friends, foundations
Number of pages: newsletter-12, Annual Report - 40 +
Frequency of publication: newsletetr, 2x year, Annual REport 1x year
Circulation: 9,400
Color: 4-color
Basic style manual: AP Stylebook
Reason for using the manual: No traditon was established here until my arrival. I established tahe tradiotn bsed on my experience and training
Other dictionary: Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary
Reason for using dictionary: One of the best dictionaries
Other resources: Roget's Thesaurus, AP Style Book
Items on our house style sheet not covered in our manual: Use of term Rev. with credential of S.J.Use of Fr. or Father, or whether to use it at all. SAme applies for Sister. When to use first names vs last names in an article (e.g. Smith said or Jim said as article progresses)
Items on our house stylesheet that override our manual: The use of the terminology described above.
Email fpatella@mcquaid.org