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Limit One-Off Exceptions

Over the past year I granted multiple exceptions to the style manual and now other writers expect the same. Help me de…

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Over the past year I granted multiple exceptions to the style manual and now other writers expect the same. Help me design a simple exception policy I can present at the next editors' meeting: one rule that states when exceptions are allowed, one approval step, and one example where an exception is appropriate so expectations are clear.
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I want fewer one-off style exceptions and clearer boundaries across the newsroom.

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