: What does one call author blurbs at the bottom of journalistic articles? Sometimes journalistic articles have a brief about-the-author sort of blurb at the end, frequently italicized, of a general

Sometimes journalistic articles have a brief about-the-author sort of blurb at the end, frequently italicized, of a general form resembling:

J. Random Hacker is a dog groomer for the United States National Security Agency. He likes eggs.

How does one most properly refer to these?

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Another word for them is "bylines"

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@Jennifer354

I believe they are called 'tag lines'. according to this article www.lifewire.com/what-is-an-article-byline-1078265

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@Speyer920

There are many great jargon terms for these things. At one publication we called any such blurb an "excuse" (pronounced as the word that means 'why something happened,' not 'excuse me')

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@Turnbaugh521

That would be the "author bio"

Here are some links that may be of use: www.rachellegardner.com/2011/07/how-to-write-a-terrific-author-bio/ http://www.absolutewrite.com/freelance_writing/bio.htm

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