Other forms: bylines
A byline is the line naming who wrote the article. Get a byline, a byline in the paper, shared byline.
It is the currency of journalism — a reporter's career is a list of them, and where the name sits on the page says how much the paper values the piece. Some outlets withhold one to protect a writer in danger. Note that in football the byline is the goal line, which is a different word entirely.
1nounbylineThe line naming who wrote the article.
“It was her first article for the paper, and she was thrilled to see her byline.”
byline is a credit.
By plus line, from the by in by-line credits: written by. The football sense is unrelated.
From by- + line.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA