Description
Plan, coordinate, revise, and edit news content for publication; assign coverage, guide reporters, and approve copy to ensure accuracy, clarity, and adherence to editorial standards and deadlines.
- • Prepare, rewrite, and edit news copy to improve clarity, accuracy, and tone, or supervise others who do this work.
- • Proofread news copy to correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and style.
- • Allocate print or digital space and placement for stories, photos, and graphics based on news value and layout principles.
- • Plan daily and long-range news agendas in line with the outlet’s style, ethics, and publishing requirements.
- • Verify facts, dates, names, and statistics using reliable sources.
- • Review and approve page proofs or digital previews before publication.
- • Develop and refine story ideas with reporters, considering audience interest and impact.
- • Oversee news production workflows—art, layout, copy flow, and publishing—to meet deadlines and budgets.
- • Coordinate with management and section editors on placement and emphasis of developing stories and breaking news.
- • Assign beats, events, and stories to reporters and contributors.
- • Evaluate and edit reporters’ drafts, and confer with them on content, structure, and style changes.
- • Monitor news-gathering channels—press releases, wires, social, agencies, and other outlets—to surface leads.
- • Meet regularly with photo, design, copy desk, digital, marketing, and production teams to plan coverage and resolve issues.
- • Supervise and mentor reporters, copy editors, and junior editors.
- • Recommend acceptance, revision, or hold decisions on submissions and investigative packages.
- • Select and package wire-service items based on significance, verification, and audience relevance.
- • Recruit, interview, and onboard reporters and freelancers; negotiate assignments and fees.
- • Direct day-to-day operations of the news desk and uphold newsroom policies and standards.
- • Secure rights and permissions for third-party content, images, and data as needed.
- • Tag and index stories with accurate keywords, metadata, and topical categories.
- • Write or refine headlines, decks, captions, and occasional briefs or articles.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
