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)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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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"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 dateline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Daniel0 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Location? Quote Link to comment 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Proper noun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynewex Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Newspaper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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