deskman
Office news worker
A deskman is someone who works at a desk, especially in journalism—an editor who processes copy and writes headlines rather than reporting in the field.
The term distinguishes desk work from legwork: The deskman rewrote the wire story for the morning edition.
Now largely replaced by gender-neutral alternatives like desk editor.
Editorial review station
- copyeditingCorrecting written material
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
- headlineNews article title
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
pagination · typesetting · rewrite · fact-checking · subeditor · corrections · slugs · manuscript
copydesk
Editorial review station
- copyeditingCorrecting written material
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
- headlineNews article title
layout · pagination · typesetting · rewrite · fact-checking · subeditor · corrections · slugs · manuscript · galley
reporter
One who gathers news
- newsroomMedia gathering hub
- bylineArticle author identification
- articleWritten piece or grammatical word
correspondent · press · coverage · story · beat · source · deadline · assignment · bureau · dispatch
deskmanfield reporter
Journalist working on location
correspondent · foreign correspondent · war correspondent · legman · roving reporter
deskmanreporter
One who gathers news
journalist · newshound · muckraker · interviewer · source
deskmanfieldworker
One who gathers data outdoors
field agent · road warrior · traveling salesman · delivery driver
man, desk, mankind, manhood, desks, desktop, desktops, deskbound, deskwork