Editors have broader responsibilites than a reporter to a news organization. They must take charge of various aspects of the news operation that reporters do not have to consider.
— Editors must take a broader view of their job, the news organization and the entire profession
— Editors must know the organization
• purpose
• structure
• processes
• history and tradition
— Editors must develop skills in handling people and resources
• budgets
• helping people achieve success
• allocating resources
— Editors must be masters of the language
• style, especially style
• grammar (sometimes they must arbitrate)
• understand the importance of language precision
— Editors must understand the forms of information presentation that their medium demands
• inverted pyramid story structure
• other forms of news presentation
• graphic forms
• photo editing
• language of design
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