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who wrote this article

It is not possible to know who wrote “this article” from the information you provided.

Why the author cannot be identified

  • The query text only contains meta‑instructions (title, side heading, style rules), not the actual article content or a link to where it is published.
  • Identifying an author normally requires either:
    • The article page itself (where the byline appears), or
    • A URL that can be checked for author information.

How you can find who wrote an article

If you have the actual article or its URL, try:

  1. Check the page itself
    • Look directly above or below the article title for a byline (e.g., “By Jane Doe”).
 * Scroll to the very top or bottom of the page; some sites place author info in a small “about the author” block.
  1. Look for site meta‑pages
    • Open the site’s About , Masthead , or Contributors pages, which often list regular writers and editors.
 * On news or magazine sites, the author’s name might link to a profile page with their bio and past articles.
  1. Use search and copy techniques
    • Copy a distinctive sentence from the article and paste it into a web search in quotes; this can reveal the original article with a visible byline.
 * If the article is on a blog and the author is not obvious, plug the article URL into an “author finder” or outreach tool to see if it associates the page with a specific writer.
  1. When no author is listed
    • Some outlets publish pieces under only the organization’s name (e.g., “Editorial Board”), in which case you can credit the organization as author.
 * For academic or citation purposes, many guides recommend using the article title in place of an author when no author is available.

If you share the article text or a link to it, a more concrete attempt can be made to infer who wrote it or how it is credited.