Example of Items Formatted into the Digest Style

**Example of Items Formatted into the Digest Style**

The following example only serves as a guide to help submitters in writing their items for submission to the Digest. Therefore, some of the elements described here may or may not apply. Please keep in mind, however, that the closer the item matches the formatting of this example, the quicker the submission will be processed.

Sample event listing

The following article is an example of how an event item for the Digest should look, and a break down of the essential elements:

Keyboard Ensemble Spring Concert Today

The Drexel Keyboard Ensemble will present its spring concert today, June 6, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at Mandell Theater (33rd and Chestnut Streets).

The Drexel Keyboard Ensemble is a performance based ensemble that prepares and plays a concert each term. For its spring term performance, it will feature classical, traditional and contemporary music by artists including J. S. Bach, Jean Sibelius, Jules Massenet, The Beatles, Larry K. Allen and Henry C. Work, among others.

This Keyboard Ensemble concert is free and open to the public.

For more information, call 215-895-ARTS or visit http://www.drexel.edu/westphal.

1. First paragraph: The 4w's (in this order)

(who) at Drexel is hosting/presenting the event
(what) type of event, e.g. lecture, concert, seminar, etc.
(when) is start time and day of the event
(where) it is with a complete address, with most specific to least specific information, i.e. room number, building, street address

2. Second paragraph: More details about the event or announcement itself and/or the speaker(s) or performer(s)

3. Third paragraph: Who is invited and further instructions

Who is invited (e.g. just students, or students, faculty and staff, the general public? What is the charge? Are reservations or registration required?

4. Fourth paragraph: Public contact info for further information about the event (name, phone number, email address and sponsoring organization’s Web address)

There are also examples of Digest listings at these links:

Old Archive: http://www.drexel.edu/UnivRel/digest/archive/
New Archive: http://www.drexel.edu/news/digest/

About announcement articles

Announcements follow many of the same style elements listed above with a few exceptions:

Since most announcements do not have a time, date or place in which they are taking place, the style tips pertaining to those items are irrelevent.
Since there is no event to attend, information about who is invited, registration or fees is not required.
Public contact information is also not required, but it is sometimes helpful for further information about the announcement itself. If no public contact information is available, you may type "none" in the phone number box to satisfy the requirement.

As with event articles, use of second person (or direct reference to the reader) is not used in announcements. Announcements will be edited for grammar, syntax, spelling, and style, but fewer elements of Digest style will apply.

Last updated on June 20, 2008, by Charlotte Lenox, IRT