The once-dominant mapping app has surged to the top of Apple’s U.S. App Store after refusing to adopt Trump’s “Lake America” name, drawing more than half of its 2026 U.S. downloads in just six days.

The tech giant renamed Lake Ontario for American eyes only—and hedged everywhere else.

Biden's FTC used the term surveillance pricing.

Anthropic will extend support for watermarking AI generations for older models as well.

AP today released updated newsroom standards governing the use of artificial intelligence, reinforcing that AI can assist journalists with specific tasks.

Crucial stories but Trump-normalizing headlines — and why that's not just nitpicking

We are pleased to announce our full schedule for Storycrafting Sessions: Disability in Writing, happening on May 30th! This will be a full day of FREE virtual panels discussing various aspects of effe...

To aid editors who edit undergraduate and graduate students' work, Editors Canada has developed guidelines for the ethical editing of English-language papers, theses and dissertations.

When is it OK for non-Muslims to use “inshallah”?

When is it OK for non-Muslims to use “inshallah”?

What language do people in larger bodies actually prefer?

There are many terms to refer to a person’s sex: sex, birth sex, natal sex — and more contentiously, assigned sex at birth and biological sex.

It's a seductive distraction from the advances in AI that are most likely to improve or even save your life

Eschewing unnecessary obfuscation (like this!) in juridical discourse in favour of plain language is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to improve access to justice

It is currently the 16 Days of Activism Against Gendered Violence. And as Quote This Woman+, an African feminist non-profit working for a gender-just media, we call on all thought-leaders and writers ...

Conversations about language were supposed to be a starting point rather than an ending one.

Holiday shopping for the writer in your life? These essential books on style, structure, and craft make perfect holiday gifts for creators of every kind.

"Trolling was tricky enough to deal with when it existed around the edges of policy. Now it <em>is</em> policy."

By Abby Youran Qin When John Fetterman returned to the Pennsylvania Senate race after his stroke in 2022, his first televised debate became a national media moment. On stage, he addressed his recovery...

Zanne Klingenberg reflects on the Transgender Day of Remembrance and the impacts editors can have on gender-inclusive editing.

Suncoast Searchlight’s four reporters told the board their editor-in-chief was using AI editing tools and inserting hallucinations into drafts. The next day, one of the reporters was fired.

Tracey Anderson discusses the resistance from some to the term plain language, and asks if "plain" is the problem.

Jason Momoa prepared for his role in “Chief of War” with a personal language coach who lived with him for nearly a year. The Apple TV series premiered in August.

Jody Levison-Johnson of Social Current thinks it’s time to ditch the term "nonprofit" — and the funder mindsets that go along with it.

“Not in our Name” is the title of a collective of cisgender women who have written an open letter calling out the media and politicians for promoting anti-trans rhetoric.

“Not in our Name” is the title of a collective of cisgender women who have written an open letter calling out the media and politicians for promoting anti-trans rhetoric.

Africa's 54 countries often get flattened into one imaginary place, but now publishers across the continent are fighting back by building literary bridges across the continent, prioritizing local read...