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Job Description
Plan, coordinate, or edit content of material for publication. May review proposals and drafts for possible publication. Includes technical editors.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 27-3041.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 66,080.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 31.00
- Currently, there are 97,170 people on this job
Also Known As…
- Sports Editor
- Newspaper Copy Editor
- News Editor
- Managing Editor
- Features Editor
- Editor
- Copy Editor
- Copy Desk Chief
- City Editor
- Assignment Editor
- Writer/Editor
- Web Editor
- Telegraph Editor
- Technical Editor
- Story Reader
- Story Editor
- Society Editor
- Slot Editor
- Script Reader
- Script Editor
- Scientific Publications Editor
- Science Editor
- Rewrite Editor
- Reviewer
- Remote Editor
- Reader
- Publishing Editor
- Publications Editor
- Publication Editor
- Proofreader
- Program Proposals Coordinator
- Production Editor
- Practice Area Editor
- Play Reader
- Photo Editor
- Online Editor
- Online Content Editor
- Newspaper Photo Editor
- Newspaper Managing Editor
- Newspaper Editor
- Medical Editor
- Market Editor
- Manuscript Reader
- Manuscript Editor
- Make Up Editor
- Magazine Editor
- Legal Editor
- Index Editor
- Health Editor
- Greeting Card Editor
- Food Editor
- Fashion Editor
- Executive Editor
- Editorial Specialist
- Editorial Director
- Editorial Assistant
- Editor-in-Chief
- Editor in Chief
- Dictionary Editor
- Design Editor
- Department Editor
- Copy Reader
- Continuity Reader
- Continuity Editor
- Continuity Director
- Content Editor
- Congressional Editor
- Computer Publisher, Editing
- Communications Editor
- Censor
- Business Editor
- Bureau Chief
- Book Editor
- Avid Editor
- Art Editor
- Advertising Editor
Tasks for “Editors”
- Confer with management and editorial staff members regarding placement and emphasis of developing news stories.
- Allocate print space for story text, photos, and illustrations according to space parameters and copy significance, using knowledge of layout principles.
- Arrange for copyright permissions.
- Select local, state, national, and international news items received from wire services, based on assessment of items' significance and interest value.
- Develop story or content ideas, considering reader or audience appeal.
- Direct the policies and departments of newspapers, magazines and other publishing establishments.
- Read material to determine index items and arrange them alphabetically or topically, indicating page or chapter location.
- Interview and hire writers and reporters or negotiate contracts, royalties, and payments for authors or freelancers.
- Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax.
- Assign topics, events and stories to individual writers or reporters for coverage.
- Oversee publication production, including artwork, layout, computer typesetting, and printing, ensuring adherence to deadlines and budget requirements.
- Monitor news-gathering operations to ensure utilization of all news sources, such as press releases, telephone contacts, radio, television, wire services, and other reporters.
- Make manuscript acceptance or revision recommendations to the publisher.
- Meet frequently with artists, typesetters, layout personnel, marketing directors, and production managers to discuss projects and resolve problems.
- Read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publication.
- Review and approve proofs submitted by composing room prior to publication production.
- Plan the contents of publications according to the publication's style, editorial policy, and publishing requirements.
- Supervise and coordinate work of reporters and other editors.
- Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work.
- Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.
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