-30-
NOTATION USED BY JOURNALISTS IN NORTH AMERICA TO INDICATE THE END OF A STORY
–30–; - 30 -
-30- has been traditionally used by journalists in North America to indicate the end of a story or article that is submitted for editing and typesetting. It is commonly employed when writing on deadline and sending bits of the story at a time, via telegraphy, teletype, electronic transmission, or paper copy, as a necessary way to indicate the end of the article.