TheFilmGod Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Traditionally, some news articles have the first word in the article all capitalized as the location. E.g. NEW YORK CITY - .... article What's is the proper term for capitalized location word(s)? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/169697-whats-the-first-word-of-a-newspaper-article-called-eg-new-york/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Heading Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/169697-whats-the-first-word-of-a-newspaper-article-called-eg-new-york/#findComment-895220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 headline Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/169697-whats-the-first-word-of-a-newspaper-article-called-eg-new-york/#findComment-895228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFilmGod Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 heading? headline? I don't mean the title. Title of the Article LONDON - ... article begins What term is used to describe the capitalized word (which is the location of the news coverage) "LONDON"? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/169697-whats-the-first-word-of-a-newspaper-article-called-eg-new-york/#findComment-895254 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 dateline Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/169697-whats-the-first-word-of-a-newspaper-article-called-eg-new-york/#findComment-895258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbtophp Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 subheading Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/169697-whats-the-first-word-of-a-newspaper-article-called-eg-new-york/#findComment-895260 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Location? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/169697-whats-the-first-word-of-a-newspaper-article-called-eg-new-york/#findComment-895265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 It's "dateline" that's what it's called. For real. I asked a real editor. He used to be chief editor of several major Newspapers around the country, been doing it for the last 30 years. Conversation: CrayonViolent (8:25:44 PM): i have a newspaper question for you nolavampire (8:26:02 PM): let the dead bury their dead nolavampire (8:26:04 PM): lol CrayonViolent (8:26:27 PM): okay so when you have for instance CrayonViolent (8:26:36 PM): Title of the Article LONDON - ... article begins CrayonViolent (8:26:47 PM): that LONDON- part CrayonViolent (8:26:58 PM): that signifies the location of the news coverage CrayonViolent (8:27:04 PM): like, where the story is taking p lace CrayonViolent (8:27:09 PM): is there an official word for that? CrayonViolent (8:27:19 PM): like for instance the title of the article would be the header or headline nolavampire (8:27:20 PM): It's called the dateline nolavampire (8:27:40 PM): In older times it looked like this: CrayonViolent (8:27:40 PM): ah nolavampire (8:27:57 PM): LONDON (March 29, 1999) - CrayonViolent (8:28:12 PM): ah okay CrayonViolent (8:28:36 PM): thanks! nolavampire (8:28:43 PM): It's supposed to be used only if the reporter was physically at the scene. If it's someone getting a story by phone, it shouldn't have one. nolavampire (8:29:06 PM): That started during the Civil War, when newspapers first started sending correspondents into the field. nolavampire (8:29:21 PM): The dateline gave them more credibility CrayonViolent (8:29:22 PM): hey suddently that whole "Dateline NBC" makes more sense. I always thought it was some generic branding name nolavampire (8:29:44 PM): Very little branding is accidental nolavampire (8:30:17 PM): we like "lines" nolavampire (8:30:46 PM): Headlines, cutlines, bylines, datelines, XBox lines Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/169697-whats-the-first-word-of-a-newspaper-article-called-eg-new-york/#findComment-895268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Proper noun? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/169697-whats-the-first-word-of-a-newspaper-article-called-eg-new-york/#findComment-895270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynew Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Newspaper Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/169697-whats-the-first-word-of-a-newspaper-article-called-eg-new-york/#findComment-895477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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