Answer:

byline

Answer	Crossword Clue
BYLINE	News writer's desire
BYLINE	Print credit
BYLINE	Author's acknowledgement

BYLINE	Newspaper reporter's identification
BYLINE	Reporter's credit
BYLINE	Author's credit
BYLINE	Article topper
BYLINE	Author credit
BYLINE	Name on a story.
BYLINE	Writer's recognition.
BYLINE	James Reston, for one.

BYLINE	Front page item.
BYLINE	Signature on a news story.
BYLINE	Cub reporter's dream
BYLINE	"Puzzle by Peter Gordon," e.g.
BYLINE	Printed name of a news article's writer
BYLINE	Where credit is given
BYLINE	Writer's credit
BYLINE	Credit for a crossword constructor

BYLINE	Name in the newspaper?
BYLINE	Column topper
BYLINE	A ghostwriter isn't given one