dateline

See also: Date Line

English

Etymology

From date ‎ line.

Noun

dateline (plural datelines)

1. (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.”

2. Misspelling of deadline.

Related terms

• byline
• headline

Translations

a line at the beginning of a document stating the date and place of origin

• Irish: dátlíne f
• Portuguese: procedência (pt) f

See also

• Glossary of journalism: Article components

Verb

dateline (third-person singular simple present datelines, present participle datelining, simple past and past participle datelined)

1. To attach a dateline to a particular document
   • 1993, Joel Williamson, William Faulkner and Southern History‎^[2], →ISBN, page 207:

     He datelined the entry: "Oxford Mississippi, 27 January, 1926."

Derived terms

• dateliner

 

Anagrams

• entailed, leniated, lineated

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English dateline.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːt.lɑi̯n/
• Hyphenation: date‧line

Noun

dateline m (plural datelines)

1. (journalism) dateline