| 1 | Dateline (Newspapers, magazines, web pages): The location, date, and sometimes the source of the story. Example: New York, Sept. 27 (AP) |
| 2 | |
| 3 | (Radio) "New York:" or "In New York today," |
| 4 | |
| 5 | (Television) The story's location fonted on-screen, e.g. "The White House," or recited by the newsreader. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | The dateline tradition began in the early days of newspaper reporting, before telegraph or telephone communications, when there was a time lapse of hours or days between the reporter's transmitting the story and its being printed in the paper. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | It is the name source for ''Series/{{Dateline}}'' and two other shows of that name. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Variant: An episodic news program (e.g. ''CBS Evening News'', ''Series/TheDailyShow'') will often display today's date at the front of the program for the benefit of anyone who needs to later identify the episode. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Do not confuse with StatusLine, a display element showing the current disposition of the player, e.g. score, health, ammo, etc. |
| 14 | ---- |
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/context.php
FollowingContext Main / Dateline
Go To
- Show Spoilers
- Night Vision
- Sticky Header
- Wide Load
