Should Obit Writers Get Credit?

Deb Howell made an effort this week to explain the mysteries behind the Post’s obit writing and policies. Now, today, a letter-writer, Rockville’s Walter Shropshire, Jr., wants to see the obit writers get more of their due, namely bylines:

“I suggest that because the obituary staff are writers, The Post should place initials after the obituaries to indicate whose work is being read. To add such a byline — e.g., ‘YSL’ for Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb after my father’s obituary — would have taken little space, would be informative to the reader and would give credit where it is due.”

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