Journalism, Media 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.
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.”2023 January 31, Elisabeth Ribbans, “The perils of using journalist jargon outside the newsroom”, in The Guardian: