editored‧i‧tor /ˈedɪtə $ -ər/ ●●○ W2 AWL noun [countable] 
the editor of the Daily Telegrapheconomics/sports/political etc editor2someone who prepares a book or article for printing by deciding what to include and checking for any mistakes3someone who chooses what to include in a book on a particular subject: the editor of a book of essays on modern poetry4someone who prepares a film, television programme, or sound recording for broadcasting by deciding what to include and checking for any mistakes: a TV script editor5someone who reports on a particular subject for a radio or television news programme: Here is John Simmonds, our Diplomatic Editor, with the latest news.6technical a computer program that allows you to make changes to saved information → copy editor, sub-editor
WORD ORIGINeditor
Origin:
1600-1700 Late Latin ‘producer (of books)’, from Latin editus; ➔ EDITIONEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Arch Ward became sports editor of the Chicago Tribune.
- Berendt, a magazine editor and columnist (he was once editor of NewYork magazine), first visited Savannah in 1982.
- Cummings is the editor of a local newspaper.
- As the chic, glamourous aviation editor, Amelia, of course, was limited to writing about flying.
- Cyril Causeley, Walter Machin's editor at Jackson's, was hospitality itself.
- He could have called the editor of the opinion page.
- He has been a reporter, Washington correspondent, system editor, state editor and Baltimore County bureau chief.
- Normally, the inconsistency wouldn't matter, but it might now that she's assistant editor.
- Others give a complete breakdown of specialist editors and correspondents.
- Pilger himself would remain editor in chief as agreed.
- The business managers or the section editors?
Longman Language Activatorpeople who work for newspapers
someone whose job is to find out about news stories and write about them: · She works as a junior reporter on a local paper.· A crowd of reporters were waiting outside the house all night.
someone who writes for a newspaper or magazine: · She worked as a journalist on the New York Times.· My father hated journalists - he didn't trust any of them.
someone who writes news articles about a particular subject, especially a serious one, for a newspaper: political/foreign/education etc correspondent: · "Schools in Crisis", by our education correspondent Nick Bacon.· Martin Bell worked for many years as the BBC's war correspondent, covering conflicts all over the world.
the person in charge of a newspaper or magazine, whose job is to decide what should be written about: editor of: · Cummings is the editor of a local newspaper.newspaper/magazine editor: · Berendt, a magazine editor and columnist (he was once editor of New York magazine), first visited Savannah in 1982.business/sports etc editor: · Arch Ward became sports editor of the Chicago Tribune.
informal a news reporter or journalist - use this about people you disapprove of or who you think produce bad quality writing: · The editor sent one of his hacks to interview the murderer's girlfriend.
someone who writes articles, especially about a particular subject, that appear regularly in a newspaper or magazine: · Tony Kornheiser is a columnist for the Washington Post, and a talk-show host on WTEM.gossip/political/sports etc columnist : · Dan Dorfman, the influential financial columnist, was fired by Money magazine, the magazine's managing editor said Wednesday.· The ambitious couple threw large parties, inviting celebrities and gossip columnists.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=used in job titles for people with the highest rank) They offered him the position of editor-in-chief.
They offered him the position of editor-in-chief.· Newspaper editors have a lot of power.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Climber assistant editor Tom Prentice and leader Keith Milne reached the summit of the 6,904m mountain after 13 days.· Newsroom and management hopes have settled on Ann-Eve Pedersen, currently an assistant city editor.· Normally, the inconsistency wouldn't matter, but it might now that she's assistant editor.· The job is going to Ann McDaniel, an assistant managing editor who has been commuting to New York for four years.· Guy Riddihough is an assistant editor of Nature.· From being a member of the foreign / national staff, I returned to metro as one of several assistant metro editors.
· David Prosser is deputy editor of Money Observer Expatriates, just like everyone else, need to save for old age.· She succeeds Bonnie Fuller who will join Cosmopolitan as deputy editor.
· He became executive arts editor of the Calendar section in 1981 and served in that capacity for a decade.· Bob Merry has been named publisher of Congressional Quarterly after six years as executive editor.· In the novel, the character based on Rense herself is among the suspects in the murder of executive editor Beau Paxton.· He pulled the same junk with Star executive editor Darth Auslander.
· He had told her that he had to be quick on the phone because his literary editor was listening to him.· Joe wrote extensively for the magazine and became a literary editor during his final year.· In 1935 he became literary editor of the Listener, a post he held for twenty-four years.· He contributed to the Grotonian and be-came literary editor in his sixth-form year.· They were headed by the Guardian's literary editor, Claire Armitstead.· When Amis became literary editor of the New Statesman, he appointed Barnes his deputy.· There should be an agreement among literary editors, not to employ Kingsley Amis to review any book dealing with humour.
· There are new integrated editors for digitised sound play and editing - sound can be imported from Windows or AdLib files.· For the first time in 32 years, the issue has a new editor.· In May we received another referee's report and a letter from the new editor of the journal.· The new editor did not know he was pretending and promising to be something that he was not-yet!· We were dismayed to learn that the new editor was making decisions without access to the full file on our paper.· Several of the magazines were also going through identity crises, with new editors trying to redefine Vanity Fair and Mademoiselle.· A new female editor found it sexist.· Each year a new guest editor works with Kenison in selecting the 20 or so stories that make up the collection.
· Peter Riddell is political editor of die Financial Times.· She had been with the paper since 1983, starting on the copy desk and ending as political editor.· Our political editor, Jon Lander, assesses Mr Heseltine's political future.· They are the political editors and senior correspondents of most of our television stations and national and regional newspapers.· Beugre, the political editor, recalled riding in a cab last year.
· I had been a senior editor at Ma'ariv, the country's largest newspaper.· When he left People in 1986, he was a senior editor.· And the Press Council called senior editors to the first extraordinary meeting convened in its twenty-seven-year history to discuss the matter.· I take it personally, as I suspect Nethaway, senior editor of the Waco Tribune-Herald, intended it.· Even if the newspapers are licensed again, the most senior editors will be in jail.· Our sense of injustice has been shared by three senior journals editors we have discussed the matter with.· Henry Gee is a senior editor of Nature.
NOUN· Dave Shors, associate editor of the Helena Independent Record, can tell you all about it.
· Or as city editor of a national newspaper?· It would seem to leave the Star city editor with absolutely nothing to do, an empty suit with an empty schedule.· Joined the Guardian in 1963, and served successively as deputy editor, managing editor and City editor until 1974.· Newsroom and management hopes have settled on Ann-Eve Pedersen, currently an assistant city editor.· By sophomore year I was city editor of the Crimson, a big honor for one so young.· The city editor, Arax reports, had had numerous drunken-driving arrests voided by the police chief.· She started at the Guardian in 1993 as city editor.· And, that is how I was contacted by the city editor and hired.
· She has worked, on and off, as a freelance proof reader and copy editor for a national publisher.
· Toning Whoever heard of any of them being groomed by a fashion editor and strapped into toning pinks for a photo call?· Egged on by some publicity cooked up by the fashion editor, she and her sister Carole got a book contract.· Nicholas Knightly was the name that a lot of fashion editors were instead catching up with.· Then there were the fashion editors that could have described her chemise frock while she did the shooting.· A leading fashion editor suggests that in fact we have too many, rather than too few, clothes.· The trip to Milan would otherwise have undoubtedly fallen to her, as the nominal fashion editor.· Model Orla feigns sleep and eve fashion editor Sarah Newton looks on.
· But so cool is the blue minimalist card that one style magazine editor aspired to name his baby son Sony.· The magazine editor offered me his moist, soft hand; then I was left alone at the table with my brother.· That night we went to a party given by a magazine editor.
· Contacts: News editors and news desk reporters, picture editors, specialist editors and correspondents.· I alerted my news editor and then rushed back to type the gruesome details.· He rejoined Newsday in 1979, left to work as a news editor on the Daily News' short-lived Tonight edition.· National daily and Sunday newspaper news editors.· It was a godsend to news editors.
· It is hard not to sympathise with those simple-minded viewers and tabloid newspaper editors who mistake the characters for the actors.· He is aided by the courageous local newspaper editor and a retired missionary woman.· And much of how this appears is the decision of the newspaper editors.· In fact, newspaper editors sometimes do not even exercise control over large sections of their newspapers.· Regional daily and weekly newspaper editor and reporters of those papers near to plant and offices.· They said Hegel had had to become a newspaper editor, a schoolmaster.· Everyone, even newspaper editors, were caught unawares by the Princess Diana phenomenon.· But newspaper editors say there's no way a fair privacy law could be made to work.
· Dexter liked the picture editor and felt at ease with him.· So much so that the picture editor, who had approved it, lost his job.· Stephen Shakeshaft, Echo picture editor.· Nothing irritates a daily newspaper picture editor more than an allegedly topical photograph sent to him by post.· Contacts: News editors and news desk reporters, picture editors, specialist editors and correspondents.· But one happened to be free for a couple of hours along with the picture editor who cut Nicola's last report.· Franks introduced him as Terry, the picture editor.· Until the picture editor saw my ankles.
VERB· A year later he moved again, to become deputy editor of the party's turgid theoretical review, Tarsadalmi Szemle.· He became executive arts editor of the Calendar section in 1981 and served in that capacity for a decade.· Eddie wrote light verse and became editor of Punch.· Joe wrote extensively for the magazine and became a literary editor during his final year.· Would she herself end up like that, if she achieved her ambition of becoming the managing editor of a magazine?· Gilster argues that, unlike previous media, the Internet imposes new demands on readers to become their own editors and critics.
· Christopher Price is managing editor of EONews.net.· The desk assistant advises the managing editor of this.· I ended up number one in the class, managing editor of the paper, and started a literary magazine.· The managing editor is responsible for all.· Each will be led by an associate managing editor who will report to the managing editor.· The job is going to Ann McDaniel, an assistant managing editor who has been commuting to New York for four years.
· I wrote to the editors of all the major newspapers and television channels asking them to cover the anniversary.· The commander wrote to the editor, demanding an apology.· Some have been moved to write letters to the editor or to the reviewer.· Not the kind who write letters to the editor to complain about injustice.· They held press conferences and wrote letters to the editor.
WORD FAMILYnounediteditoreditioneditorialeditorializeeditorshipadjectiveeditorialverbeditadverbeditorially
1the person who is in charge of a newspaper or magazine, or part of a newspaper or magazine, and decides what should be included in iteditor of the editor of the Daily Telegrapheconomics/sports/political etc editor2someone who prepares a book or article for printing by deciding what to include and checking for any mistakes3someone who chooses what to include in a book on a particular subject: the editor of a book of essays on modern poetry4someone who prepares a film, television programme, or sound recording for broadcasting by deciding what to include and checking for any mistakes: a TV script editor5someone who reports on a particular subject for a radio or television news programme: Here is John Simmonds, our Diplomatic Editor, with the latest news.6technical a computer program that allows you to make changes to saved information → copy editor, sub-editor