byline

American  

[bahy-lahyn] / ˈbaɪˌlaɪn /

Or by-line

noun

1. a printed line of text accompanying a news story, article, or the like, giving the author's name.

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verb (used with object)

bylined, bylining

1. to accompany with a byline.

   Was the newspaper report bylined or was it anonymous?

Other Word Forms

• unbylined
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of byline

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30; by- + line ¹

Example Sentences

Pep's thinking at this point was to deploy traditional wingers – Doku and Savinho, who could get to the byline with Foden and Reijnders expected to arrive into the box to help Haaland score goals.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

Axel-owned Business Insider in December launched a pilot program for AI to write quick news stories under a designated byline.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Here, it is a man whose labor disappears behind a woman’s byline, a sly inversion of the far more familiar historical pattern.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025

It was the first lesson of a sportswriter — don’t worry about the money, bask in the spotlight of having your name appear in a byline.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2025

I published essays admitting that I was not a minority—saw my byline in magazines and journals which once had seemed very remote from my life.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez