Daily Archives: Monday, September 19, 2022

  • Shropshire Star journalist gives up after enigmatic byline

    The screenshot below is the full extent of an article* which has appeared this morning on on the Shropshire Star website.

    Headline reads Aldi seeks go-ahead for signs at new Shrewsbury store
    You’ve got the headline, what more do you want?

    Given the modern journalistic tendency of trying squeeze the whole story into the headline, perhaps there was no need to write much more than a tokenistic byline, concerning which your ‘umble scribe would be most grateful if any readers knowing what the gfgfgfg byline signifies could offer their thoughts in the comments below. Thanks! 😀

    * = The article has since been removed.