Hedcut = a newsroom abbreviation for "headline cut": a hand drawn, uniquely stylized pen and ink illustration, used only by the staff illustrators at The Wall Street Journal. Authentic WSJ stipples are never digitally generated.
I am a senior staff illustrator at the WSJ, one of only 5 illustrators creating authentic hedcut portraits.
"All About INK - 7 artists and their techniques" an article about ink and it's usage in the Spring issue of The Drawing Magazine. I'm one of the featured artists.