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Journalist-editor-writer. Past: @politifact, @azcentral, @reviewjournal. Member @IRE_NICAR, @ACESEditors; proudly Irish; @SyracuseU alum.
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Handle with care: AP style drops the hyphen in healthcare, childcare and daycare

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By Matthew Crowley
| Poynter Online Verified
The bombshells still explode. No more hyphen in email (Phoenix, 2011). Over is allowed, as a synonym for “more than” (Las Vegas, 2014). Most hyphens are gone after prefixes (San Diego, 2024). Now, the Associated Press Stylebook has again sparked tremors, shaking copy editors, style geeks and writers everywhere. Atlanta, 2026: Healthcare, now fused into a single word, along with childcare and daycare. Discuss.
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‘Optics when you must’ arrives for data centers

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By Matthew Crowley
| Laser Focus World Verified
There’s a saying circulating around data center design: “Copper where you can, optics when you must.” For years, the pragmatic approach was to use cheap copper cables until physics forces you to upgrade. But as artificial intelligence (AI) clusters scale toward million graphics processing unit (GPU) “factories,” and data center economics come under pressure, we're learning “when you must” is arriving far faster than anyone expected.
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Yes, clever headlines still matter

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By Matthew Crowley
| Poynter Online Verified
Before thumbs scrolled screens for news headlines, they turned paper pages; given that bookstores and supermarkets still have newsracks, they may still. A clever headline can stop those thumbs, and eyes. Wait, what? For headline composers and the author of the articles beneath those heads, Ahas! mean mission accomplished — a reeled-in reader. Last week, ACES: The Society for Editing honored people excellent at stopping visual traffic: the winners of its annual headline contest.
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