dateline
See also: Date Line
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
dateline (plural datelines)
- (journalism) A line at the beginning of a document (such as a newspaper article) stating the place of origin and typically the date, and often written in capital letters.
- 2023 January 31, Elisabeth Ribbans, “The perils of using journalist jargon outside the newsroom”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Other bits of furniture include the dateline, which says where a journalist is reporting from – historically with the date of dispatch, eg “Buenos Aires, 1 March.”
- Misspelling of deadline.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
a line at the beginning of a document stating the date and place of origin
|
See also edit
Verb edit
dateline (third-person singular simple present datelines, present participle datelining, simple past and past participle datelined)
- To attach a dateline to a particular document
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English dateline.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dateline m (plural datelines)