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Q&A Why one sentence per paragraph in these news articles?

All news reporting and most journalistic writing, in general, is supposed to follow the guidelines of AP Style, as stated in the AP Stylebook. So, as a previous answer stated, yes, it is a stylisti...

posted 7y ago by abc123‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:47:15Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar abc123‭ · 2019-12-08T03:47:15Z (almost 5 years ago)
All news reporting and most journalistic writing, in general, is supposed to follow the guidelines of AP Style, as stated in the AP Stylebook. So, as a previous answer stated, yes, it is a stylistic choice, and it's a journalistic standard. Typically, short paragraphs in reporting make the news easier for readers to digest and the entire article easier to read in full. Check out [https://www.apstylebook.com/](https://www.apstylebook.com/) to read more about it.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-01-04T22:55:27Z (almost 7 years ago)
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