Editor

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

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Acquisitions Editor; Assignment Editor; Business Editor; Features Editor; Legal Editor; Newspaper Copy Editor; Opinions Page Editor; Publishing Editor; Science Editor; Sports Editor

Tasks

• 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.
• Supervise and coordinate work of reporters and other editors.
• Assign topics, events and stories to individual writers or reporters for coverage.
• Monitor news-gathering operations to ensure utilization of all news sources, such as press releases, telephone contacts, radio, television, wire services, and other reporters.
• Review and approve proofs submitted by composing room prior to publication production.
• Respond to questions from the public.
• Plan the contents of publications according to the publication's style, editorial policy, and publishing requirements.
• Read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication, and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publication.

Knowledge

• English Language
• Communications and Media
• Customer and Personal Service
• Design
• Administration and Management
• Computers and Electronics
• Law and Government
• Personnel and Human Resources

Skills

• Reading Comprehension
• Writing
• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Critical Thinking
• Active Learning
• Monitoring
• Learning Strategies

Abilities

• Written Comprehension
• Written Expression
• Oral Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Fluency of Ideas
• Near Vision
• Speech Clarity
• Originality
• Category Flexibility
• Speech Recognition
• Deductive Reasoning
• Information Ordering
• Problem Sensitivity
• Inductive Reasoning
• Selective Attention
• Flexibility of Closure