- published: 29 Sep 2011
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The byline on a newspaper or magazine article gives the name, and often the position, of the writer of the article. Bylines are traditionally placed between the headline and the text of the article, although some magazines (notably Reader's Digest) place bylines at the bottom of the page, to leave more room for graphical elements around the headline.
A typical newspaper byline might read
John Smith
Staff Writer
A byline can also include a brief article summary, introducing the writer by name.
Penning a concise description of a long piece has never been as easy as often appears, as Staff Writer John Smith now explains:
Magazine bylines, and bylines on opinion pieces, often include biographical information on their subjects. A typical biographical byline on a piece of creative nonfiction might read
John Smith is working on a book, My Time in Ibiza, based on this article. He is returning to the region this summer to gather material for a follow-up essay.
Most modern newspapers and magazines attribute their articles to individual editors, or to wire services. An exception is the British weekly The Economist, which publishes nearly all material anonymously.
When we started everything seemed shiny and bright
Beyond our means but not quite out of reach
How far beyond do you think we need to go
Cause I don't want to live that way
Amberwood
It doesn't matter what we planned to do this time
Those plans are being laid aside again
Unforeseen is my new middle name
But I don't want to live this way
Amberwood
Take a second
Take a minute
Take an hour
Take a week
To decide how it all will turn out
And in that second
In that minute
In that hour in that week
You will know if your ready to go
And if it's worth it all
Its not as far away as you might think it is
People are doing these things everyday
I don't see how they're much better than us
But they don't have to live this way
Amberwood