How do they match: Editors

  • Plan, coordinate, revise, or edit written material. May review proposals and drafts for possible publication.

  • Assign topics, events and stories to individual writers or reporters for coverage.
  • Interview and hire writers and reporters or negotiate contracts, royalties, and payments for authors or freelancers.
  • Monitor news-gathering operations to ensure utilization of all news sources, such as press releases, telephone contacts, radio, television, wire services, and other reporters.
  • Read material to determine index items and arrange them alphabetically or topically, indicating page or chapter location.
  • Read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication, and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publication.
  • Supervise and coordinate work of reporters and other editors.

  • Coordinate reporting or editing activities.
  • Edit written materials.
  • Write informational material.