redactors
Those who excise
Redactors are people who edit or revise text for publication, or who remove sensitive or classified information from documents before they are released.
The term appears most often in legal, governmental, and journalistic contexts where documents must be reviewed and portions obscured or deleted.
The redactors blacked out several paragraphs before releasing the report to the press.
A redactor prepares material for others to see by deciding what stays visible and what gets hidden.
Manuscript mistake finders
- copyeditorsProse refiners for publication
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- publishingDistributing written works publicly
- correctionsAdjustments to fix errors
markup · annotations · revisions · drafts · rewrites · queries · fact-checking · galleys
Remove offensive material
- bowdlerizeRemove objectionable content
- sanitizationCleaning to remove pathogens
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- blackoutComplete power loss
classified · concealment · omission · excision · deletion · withholding · obscuring · FOIA
proofreaders
Manuscript mistake finders
- copyeditorsProse refiners for publication
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- publishingDistributing written works publicly
corrections · markup · annotations · revisions · drafts · rewrites · queries · fact-checking · galleys · submissions
expurgate
Remove offensive material
- bowdlerizeRemove objectionable content
- sanitizationCleaning to remove pathogens
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
blackout · classified · concealment · omission · excision · deletion · withholding · obscuring · FOIA · declassification
redactorscreators
Ones who originate
composers · originators · writers · authors · drafters
redactorsdisclosers
Those who reveal information
whistleblowers · leakers · revealers · publishers · exposers
redactorsrestorers
Those who repair and renew
preservationists · archivists · conservators · curators · transcribers