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Historically, many publications printed articles without bylines or under pseudonyms—a subject worthy of a forthcoming explainer of its own—to give individual writers the freedom to assume different voices and to enable early newspapers to give the impression that their editorial teams were larger than they really were …
Our selection of author archive interviews and readings from across the BBC.
- Anne Enright. Best known for her novel The Gathering, which won the Man Booker prize in 2007.
- Anne Tyler.
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
- Colm Toibin.
- Frank Cottrell Boyce.
- Helen Dunmore.
- Jung Chang.
- Kazuo Ishiguro.
How do you cite a BBC article with no author Chicago style?
For newspaper articles that have no author, the article titles comes first in the footnote/endnote citation, but in the bibliography entry, the newspaper title comes first (see example below). News sites like BBC News, CNN, and Vox are treated like the newspapers.
How do you cite a BBC article with an author?
Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Newspaper Title, Month Day, Year of publication. URL.
Can you cite BBC news articles?
If referring to a news website (i.e., CNN, Bloomberg, HuffPost, MSNBC, Reuters, BBC News) rather than an online edition of a newspaper, cite the source as a web source.
Most online BBC news articles do not have named authors. Why is this important? When we read a news article, we should know who has written it. Anonymous reporting undermines and degrades the BBC’s accountability, transparency and impartiality. News readers and reporters on BBC television and radio are always named.
Why doesn’t the BBC give credits to people who write their articles?
Many are written by groups, and the BBC is inherently egalitarian and wouldn’t give the credit to a single person for work by others, but neither do they feel the need for a stream of credits on every article. Those who work in such areas in the BBC understand it is the product and service that is important, not getting their name on the credits.
Why doesn’t the BBC have a byline for news items?
It’s not that the BBC news items lack reporters. One main reason for any absence of byline is the BBC as a news provider stands by the reliability of the piece and show collective responsibility and accountability.
Why is the BBC not explaining the news well?
To counter popular misconceptions, the BBC needs to go beyond fact checking and provide more context. The lack of depth in its coverage of crucial stories is leading to an increasingly partisan general public, and, consequently, a failure to hold those with power to account. There are four main reasons why the BBC is not explaining the news well.