Slate's Explainer: Byline Strike at the 'Wall Street Journal'

By Andy Bowers

Published June 17, 2004 at 11:00 PM CDT

Slate senior editor Andy Bowers explains why some Wall Street Journal reporters withheld their bylines from stories for several days this week. It was a "byline strike" -- a mild form of labor action designed to get management's attention.

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Andy Bowers oversees Slate's collaboration with NPR?s daytime news magazine, Day to Day. He helps produce the work of Slate's writers for radio, and can also be heard on the program.

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