an editor in a senior position, who supervises and coordinates the editorial activities of a publication, such as a newspaper
Examples of 'senior editor' in a sentence
senior editor
One, at least, of them is now a senior editor on the paper.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The senior editor who asked an equally senior editor to get him a coffee.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I assisted the senior editor, though he effectively ended up assisting me, such was my greennessin the field.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I retired at 60 as a senior editor and wrote books on fishing, ichthyology and mineralogy.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Another time, a senior editor admitted in a checkup that he was a little overweight for his height.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
A senior editor at a leading publisher, who also requested anonymity, said that he found young writers often produced 'quite embarrassing chunks of prose'.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
By now, calls were flowing among a half-dozen senior editors.
Globe and Mail (2003)
I've written often about the daily story meeting of senior editors.
Globe and Mail (2003)
There will still be three senior editors in that bureau responsible for assigning and for the primary editing on bureau stories.