Romenesko writes, “The Journal’s newsroom union recently asked management about the new rule, and was told there is no byline policy. The union’s response: Wrong – and we have memos to prove it!
“Here’s the union memo:
IAPE Directors in News Departments,
Many of you have asked about recent media reports, and in some cases, messages from managers, describing a new byline limit on WSJ stories. Yesterday, during our regular Labor/Management Committee meeting, we discussed the issue with management representatives from DJ Legal and HR departments.
Their response: no idea where this rumor came from. ‘We discussed this with News management, there is no new policy, there is no limit on bylines, and in fact, there is a story on page 1 today that has three bylines.’
Our rebuttal: that’s really strange, because we have copies of emails from managers explaining and reiterating the ‘new policy’ limiting bylines to two per story (though noting that exceptions are always possible).”
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