Spanish Language: Journalists

Dia De Accion De Gracias. Dept: NEW YORK, N.Y. - Spanish-language journalists can now learn that the correct word for channel-surfing is "zapeo," sexting is best written in their language as "sextear," ''submarino" is an accepted term for waterboarding and Thanksgiving day is accurately translated as "Dia de Accion de Gracias.", according to Winnipeg Free Press. The online stylebook was presented at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York, with a panel of editors from the news co-operative and other media organizations discussing the intricacies of writing in Spanish and this screen grab shows the main page of the new online Spanish language AP stylebook which was launched on Nov. 19, 2012. The Associated Press has launched its first-ever Spanish stylebook, a reference guide designed to provide a valuable tool for journalists, writers, editors and scholars of the language spoken by some 450 million people globally. AP Photo Those and thousands of other terms are included in the first-ever Spanish Stylebook published by The Associated Press, designed as the go-to reference guide for journalists, writers, editors and scholars of the language spoken by an estimated 450 million people globally. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.