Dateline, is the location a story happened, usually found in the beginning of an article in all caps. It gives the readers a sense of location when they are reading the story.
A recent story from the Pocono Record started off this way ..."RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) -- A Long Island woman who ran over and killed her husband with a sport-utility vehicle while she was drunk has been sentenced to prison."
Riverhead NY would be the dateline in this case. Now the reader can continue to read the article, knowing that this crazy woman was from Riverhead. Apparently the woman was drunk and arguing with her husband. When he tried to stop her from leaving the parking lot, she ran him over crushing his chest. Talk about tough love.
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