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

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

The news agency made sure not to give any clue as to its sources: the article didn’t carry a byline or a dateline.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 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

He often allowed their names to come first in journal articles announcing new Rad Lab discoveries, sometimes even refusing any byline whatsoever—both practices almost unheard of in major scientific laboratories led by an eminent figure.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik