Don't Let Bylines be Bygones

IAPE joins everyone at Dow Jones in congratulating our members who are winners and finalists at the Pulitzer Prizes.

We’re glad they filed their exemplary work last year so readers and Pulitzer jurors alike know who contributed. Had the stories run this year, management’s arbitrary restriction on bylines and taglines would have deprived our members of the credit they earned, and concealed their contributions from the world.

IAPE has filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board objecting to the byline restriction, arguing the company failed to properly negotiate the labor policy change with the union. Members have shared their anger and frustration, leaving us all wondering who actually benefits from the policy.

The NLRB is investigating the union’s complaint and we need additional evidence from members. We want to know about contributions you or your colleagues have made that previously would have been recognized with a byline or tagline, but under the new policy are hidden from readers.

Please send examples to: union@iape1096.org. You can send questions there, too, or reach out to an IAPE director or steward.

Here’s how the bylines and taglines would look on the Pulitzer-winning seven-part Elon Musk series had the new policy been in effect:

Elon Musk Has Used Illegal Drugs, Worrying Leaders at Tesla and SpaceX

By Emily Glazer and Kirsten Grind

Tag: Joe Palazzolo, Micah Maidenberg, Jim Oberman and Jeff Horwitz contributed to this article.

Elon Musk’s Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin

By Thomas Grove, Warren P. Strobel, Aruna Viswanatha, Gordon Lubold, Sam Schechner

Tag: Micah Maidenberg and Tim Higgins contributed to this article.

Elon Musk Has Said He Is Committing Around $45 Million a Month to a New Pro-Trump Super PAC

By Dana Mattioli, Emily Glazer, Khadeeja Safdar

Tag: Jim Oberman contributed to this article.

Elon Musk’s Hard Turn to Politics, in 300,000 of His Own Words

By: Andrea Fuller, Alexa Corse, John West and Kara Dapena

Tag: Ben Warren contributed to this article.

The Money and Drugs That Tie Elon Musk to Some Tesla Directors

By Kirsten Grind, Emily Glazer, Rebecca Elliott and Coulter Jones

Tag: Berber Jin, Lisa Schwartz and Jim Oberman contributed to this article.

Elon Musk’s Boundary-Blurring Relationships With Women at SpaceX

By Joe Palazzolo and Khadeeja Safdar

Tag: Emily Glazer and Micah Maidenberg contributed to this article.

Musk Says He Wants to Save the Planet. Tesla’s Factories Are Making It Dirtier.

By Susan Pulliam, Emily Glazer, and Becky Peterson

Tag: John West contributed to this article.

News Flash: The Pulitzer Board didn’t think we had too many bylines and taglines. Why does Dow Jones?