Editors
Plan, coordinate, revise, or edit written material. May review proposals and drafts for possible publication.
What you’d do
- Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.
- Write text, such as headlines, stories, articles, editorials, or newsletters.
- Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax.
- Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work.
- Develop story or content ideas, considering reader or audience appeal.
- Allocate print space for story text, photos, and illustrations according to space parameters and copy significance, using knowledge of layout principles.
- Confer with management and editorial staff members regarding placement and emphasis of developing news stories.
- Oversee publication production, including artwork, layout, computer typesetting, and printing, ensuring adherence to deadlines and budget requirements.
Skills that matter
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Time Management
How to get there
Considerable preparation: most need a four-year bachelor's degree
Also called
- Features Editor
- Newspaper Copy Editor
- Opinions Page Editor
- Sports Editor
- Acquisitions Editor
- Assignment Editor
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