Different titles appear under reporters’ names, such as Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent. What do they mean?
Just about every story in the Globe has a “byline” – a person’s name telling the reader who wrote the story. Under the name is a title, indicating the reporter’s affiliation with the Globe. Globe Staff means the person who wrote the story is a full-time or part-time employee of the newspaper. Globe Correspondent means the writer has a special, independent arrangement with the paper, but is not a full-time or part-time employee. “Stringer” is another term for this kind of person. Such people may be full-time substitutes, summer college interns, or freelance writers. For some stories, no byline is provided, just the source of the articles, such as Associated Press or other wire services.
