contributing editor
Occasional publication contributor
A contributing editor is someone who writes regularly for a publication without being on staff full-time.
The title sounds more senior than it often is—it typically means a freelancer with an ongoing relationship rather than someone who actually edits.
She's a contributing editor at The Atlantic.
The role varies widely across publications, from prestigious columnists to occasional contributors given a fancy title.
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
- journalistNews profession practitioner
- freelance writerSelf-employed author for hire
- magazineBound periodical with articles
- media outletNews publishing organization
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- editorscopyeditor, subeditor, redactor, copy desk
- news jobsjournalist, reporter, correspondent, news anchor, columnist
- press writersjournalist, reporter, columnist, correspondent, staff writer
- editorialmasthead, opinion pages, endorsements, submissions
- publishing jobspublisher, writer, author, copyeditor, proofreader
- columnistscolumnist, op-ed writer, opinion writer, syndicated columnist, political columnist
contributing editoreditor-in-chief
Publication's top authority
managing editor · executive editor · senior editor · editorial director · chief editor
contributing editorreader
One who peruses text
subscriber · consumer · copy editor · proofreader · fact-checker
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