news editor

Newsroom decision maker

A news editor oversees the selection, assignment, and presentation of stories at a newspaper, broadcast outlet, or website.

The role involves deciding which stories to pursue, assigning reporters, reviewing copy, and shaping how coverage reaches the audience.

At larger organizations, news editors may specialize: the foreign news editor, the metro news editor.

Opposites
editorial hierarchy

news editorcub reporter

Inexperienced newspaper staffer

editor-in-chief · managing editor · intern · copy boy · publisher

content role

news editorfield reporter

Journalist working on location

beat reporter · reporter · war correspondent · investigative reporter · correspondent

relationship to news

news editornews reader

Broadcast journalism presenter

reader · viewer · subscriber · readership · the public

Family

news, editor, new, newly, newness, renew, renewal, renewed, edit

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G