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