- A new chapter on writing for digital media and cross-platform storytelling
- An introductory chapter that combines chapters 1 and 2 of the last edition
- A new four-part organization that presents the chapters on libel and ethics earlier in the book
- Chapters 12 and 22, exercises on copyediting symbols and an appendix containing the abridged AP Stylebook are now on a Companion Website
- More coverage of new and emerging forms of media