Writing Tips: Handling Sources and Linking

Posted: 06.11.2010 | By eric

Every website publication handles how sources and links are treated a little bit differently. It’s a little bit a matter of style, and a little bit a matter of keeping things consistent so that the reader has a clear expectation of what’s going on when reading a story.

At High Gear Media, our editorial staff’s “house style” is as follows:

* First mention of a publication/website source — italicize it, don’t link it, don’t include “.com”
* At bottom of the story, put the source in brackets, link it, don’t include “.com”

Here’s an example written by Viknesh Vijayenthiran on a story about Lotus working on a V-6 powered Elise and Exige.

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