byline

[ bahy-lahyn ]

/ ˈbaɪˌlaɪn /

Journalism.

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

to accompany with a byline: Was the newspaper report bylined or was it anonymous?

Origin of byline

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30; by- + line¹

un·by·lined, adjective

bygone, bygones, byke, bylane, bylaw, byline, byliner, byng, byo, byob, byod

For a second, he stopped as he came to a paper bearing his by-line.

Pursuit |Lester del Rey
My stuff was run verbatim under a by-line and afterward picked up by the wire services.

The Scapegoat |Richard Maples
The footnotes indicating the narrator have been moved to a by-line directly under the title of the story.

Filipino Popular Tales |Dean S. Fansler
Many times Penny, ever alert for news, had enjoyed the satisfaction of seeing her stories appear with a by-line.

Saboteurs on the River |Mildred A. Wirt

The by-line meant that she had turned in an excellent well-written story.

Signal in the Dark |Mildred A. Wirt

by-line

journalism a line under the title of a newspaper or magazine article giving the author's name

soccer another word for touchline