byline

American  

[bahy-lahyn] / ˈbaɪˌlaɪn /

Or by-line

noun

bylines plural

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

Derived Forms

• unbylined
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• bylines
  plural

Etymology

Origin of byline

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

Example Sentences

Investigative reporter and author Heidi Siegmund Cuda writes about U.S. politics and culture for Byline Times and Byline Supplement.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2024

You can find previous Behind the Byline interviews on our Inside the Times page.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2018

But he gradually thought about going public, and last year he initially approached Byline Media, a crowdsourced website that had written about some of the fallout from the phone-hacking affair.

From The Guardian • Mar. 7, 2018

Mr. Whittingdale’s relationship with the woman, whom he did not name on Tuesday, was reported in a series of articles published this month by Byline Media, a crowd-funded news and opinion website.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2016

Byline," Rick said, "by Jerry Webster, and under that it says copyrighted by the Morning Record.

From Smugglers' Reef by Blaine, John