Four Columns, Four Writers, and a 'Written By': The NYT Attempts to Put the Credit Crisis in Context

Some of you may have noticed the rather thick byline on today’s New York Times four column-wide, front-page story about the last 36 hours of the credit crisis. Multiple bylines are not unusual on reported pieces, however, generally when other reporters contribute to a story they are mentioned at the end. What caught our eye this time was the phrasing of the byline: “This article was reported by Andrew Ross Sorkin, Diana B. Henriques, Edmund L.