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we are making changes on our wire, effective April 15, to make it easier for you to access our stories. The changes relate to:

1. The practice of sending stories in takes (1st take, 2nd take, 3rd take etc).

2. The slugs of our stories.

TAKES:

Under the new system, we will do away with takes, which are chronological additions to a story. Instead, we will progressively build the story starting with the usual short version of 150 to 200 words. The second story, the slug of which will be prefixed by LD (short for Lead), will be 400 to 500 words and will contain all the material of the first story; the third story (the 2nd LD) will be 500 to 600 words and so on. This will ensure you get a full story every time, and not truncated parts. There will now be no need to search for different takes and stitch them together for publication. Every subsequent Lead will be a complete and fully publishable story. It will carry an "Editor's note" with a brief description of the new material and/or changes in the latest version.

SLUGS:

All PTI story slugs will be prefixed with two or three letters that will denote the state where they are originating from, or the ministries they relate to.

For example:

1. A Tamil Nadu story about water shortage will be TN-Water Shortage

2. A Chhattisgarh story about a Naxal attack will be CG-Naxal Attack

3. A West Bengal story relating to Mamata Banerjee will be WB-Mamata

New Delhi-datelined stories about the central government will carry a three-letter slug that indicates the ministries or departments they are associated with.

For example:

1. The external affairs ministry commenting on pakistan will be slugged MEA-India-Pakistan

2. The Prime Minister's Office announcing Ajit Doval's trip will be PMO-Doval

All economic and business stories will carry the preface BIZ. All sports stories will be SPO

Cabinet-related stories will be CAB

Politics-related stories will be POL

A full list of various slug prefaces is attached below: Slugs for the Supreme Court, high court and subordinate court stories will remain the same -- SC, HC and COURT. However, this would be prefixed with the state or the Union territory. Some examples of court story slugs: SC-Triple Talaq, DL-HC-Kindergarten Schools, MH-HC-Doctors Strike. The master slug for states/Union territories will be: 1. Madhya Pradesh MP

2. Chhattisgarh CG

3. Jammu and Kashmir JK

4. Assam AS

5. Maharashtra MH

6. Andhra Pradesh AP

7. Arunachal Pradesh AR

8. Bihar BH

9. Jharkhand JH

10. Gujarat GJ

11. Goa GA

12. Haryana HR

13. Himachal Pradesh HP

14. Karnataka KA

15. Kerala KL

16. Manipur MN

17. Meghalaya MG

18. Mizoram MZ

19. Nagaland NL

20. Odisha OD

21. Punjab PB

22. Rajasthan RJ

23. Sikkim SK

24. Tamil Nadu TN

25. Telangana TS

26. Tripura TR

27. Uttarakhand UK

28. Uttar Pradesh UP

29. West Bengal WB

1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands AN 2. Chandigarh CH 3. Delhi DL 4. Dadra and Nagar Haveli DN 5. Daman and Diu DD 6. Lakshadweep LW 7. Puducherry PD Slugs for various offices or ministries will be: The President's Secretariat PREZ The Vice President's Office VP

The Prime Minister's Office PMO

The Ministry of External Affairs MEA Defence-related stories or the Ministry of Defence DEF The Ministry of Home Affairs MHA

Aviation-related stories or the Ministry of Civil Aviation AVI The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting MIB The Ministry of Water Resources WAT The Ministry of Women and Child Development WCD The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare MOH The Department of Personnel and Training DOPT The Ministry of Urban Development UHD The Ministry of Railways RAIL

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports YAS The Ministry of Tourism TOUR

The Ministry of Culture CUL

The Ministry of Human Resources HRD The Ministry of Science and Technology SCI Income Tax Department ITX

The Election Commission of India EC The Central Bureau of Investigations CBI The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence DRI The National Investigation Agency NIA For any clarification please call Sujit Chatterjee on

we are making changes on our wire, effective April 15, to make it easier for you to access our stories. The changes relate to:

1. The practice of sending stories in takes (1st take, 2nd take, 3rd take etc).

2. The slugs of our stories.

TAKES:

Under the new system, we will do away with takes, which are chronological additions to a story. Instead, we will progressively build the story starting with the usual short version of 150 to 200 words. The second story, the slug of which will be prefixed by LD (short for Lead), will be 400 to 500 words and will contain all the material of the first story; the third story (the 2nd LD) will be 500 to 600 words and so on. This will ensure you get a full story every time, and not truncated parts. There will now be no need to search for different takes and stitch them together for publication. Every subsequent Lead will be a complete and fully publishable story. It will carry an "Editor's note" with a brief description of the new material and/or changes in the latest version.

SLUGS:

All PTI story slugs will be prefixed with two or three letters that will denote the state where they are originating from, or the ministries they relate to.

For example:

1. A Tamil Nadu story about water shortage will be TN-Water Shortage

2. A Chhattisgarh story about a Naxal attack will be CG-Naxal Attack

3. A West Bengal story relating to Mamata Banerjee will be WB-Mamata

New Delhi-datelined stories about the central government will carry a three-letter slug that indicates the ministries or departments they are associated with.

For example:

1. The external affairs ministry commenting on pakistan will be slugged MEA-India-Pakistan

2. The Prime Minister's Office announcing Ajit Doval's trip will be PMO-Doval

All economic and business stories will carry the preface BIZ. All sports stories will be SPO

Cabinet-related stories will be CAB

Politics-related stories will be POL

A full list of various slug prefaces is attached below: Slugs for the Supreme Court, high court and subordinate court stories will remain the same -- SC, HC and COURT. However, this would be prefixed with the state or the Union territory. Some examples of court story slugs: SC-Triple Talaq, DL-HC-Kindergarten Schools, MH-HC-Doctors Strike. The master slug for states/Union territories will be: 1. Madhya Pradesh MP

2. Chhattisgarh CG

3. Jammu and Kashmir JK

4. Assam AS

5. Maharashtra MH

6. Andhra Pradesh AP

7. Arunachal Pradesh AR

8. Bihar BH

9. Jharkhand JH

10. Gujarat GJ

11. Goa GA

12. Haryana HR

13. Himachal Pradesh HP

14. Karnataka KA

15. Kerala KL

16. Manipur MN

17. Meghalaya MG

18. Mizoram MZ

19. Nagaland NL

20. Odisha OD

21. Punjab PB

22. Rajasthan RJ

23. Sikkim SK

24. Tamil Nadu TN

25. Telangana TS

26. Tripura TR

27. Uttarakhand UK

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