Dateline

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For the NBC news show, see Dateline NBC. For other uses, see Dateline (disambiguation).

A dateline is a brief piece of text included in

wire services
, the distributing organization is also included (though the originating one is not). Datelines are traditionally placed on the first line of the text of the article, before the first sentence.

Format

The location appears first, usually starting with the

em dash
surrounded by spaces, and then the article.

A typical newspaper dateline might read:

BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 2 — The outlook was uncertain today as ...

The same story, if pulled from the United Press International wire, might appear with the UPI identifier as:

BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 2 (UPI) — The outlook was uncertain today as ...

Datelines can take on some unusual forms. When reporters collaborate on a story, two different locations might be listed.[3] UPI and the Associated Press omit a dateline "when a story has been assembled from sources in widely separate areas."[4][5] In other cases, the exact location may be unknown or intentionally imprecise, such as when profiling a riverboat plying its route,[6] when covering military operations while on a ship at sea or following an invasion force, or when covering a press conference aboard an airplane.[7]

Other media

The concept of a dateline has been adapted to

news anchor
:

"Here now from Albuquerque, New Mexico, is reporter Nigel Culpepper"

A field reporter might also end his stories by combining the location from where he filed the report with a "lockout" (the last thing a reporter says in the report, and includes his name and station ID, in addition to a news branding such as Eyewitness News); especially if the segment is recorded and not live. For example, the last bit of a report could sound like:

"... prompting an investigation into the matter. Richard Morris, BBC News, London."

A number of current affairs TV shows have dateline as part of their name.

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-335-22183-7
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  2. ^ Moos, Julie. "Datelines, Bylines, Other Lines". Poynter Institute. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  3. ISBN 978-1-4516-0364-4
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  4. ISBN 978-1931868587
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  5. ISBN 0-917360-16-8
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  6. ^ Hamill, Sean D. (2007-10-25). "A Riverboat Could Be Cruising to the End of the Line". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-02-05. ON THE CUMBERLAND RIVER, Tenn.
  7. ^ Horowitz, Jason (2019-02-05). "Pope Acknowledges Priests and Bishops Have Sexually Abused Nuns". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-02-05. ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE
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