Publisher - The owner or ownership's representative.
Editor - The person who sets the tone for the news content of the
newspaper, from editorials to columns to news stories.
Managing editor - The manager of news operations, second in command
to the editor. The managing editor and his/her assistants are in charge of
day-to-day operations and it is her/his job to make sure that the newspaper
presents a fair and complete picture of the news of importance or interest
to readers. The details are delegated to sub-editors and staff.
Editorial page editor - The person in charge of the editorial page.
Chief news editor - This editor is responsible for national and world
news stories. There often also is a news editor, a national editor and a world
editor.
Department editors - These people are in charge of specific subjects
and/or sections such as business, sports, lifestyles, entertainment, etc. Each
department has writers/reporters who work on that specific beat.
City editor - The director of the newspaper’s local news operation.
He/she may assign reporters to cover stories. Some newspapers have an assignment
editor to do that.
Staff writers - These writers/reporters may be assigned to stories on
various beats.
Copy editor - A worker on a copy desk who edits and sometimes re-writes
stories. Copy editors work around a desk called a rim and edit stories for all the
news pages.
Columnists - Writers of signed stories of opinion or analysis. They are
sometimes printed with a photograph of the columnist. Columnists can be on staff
at the newspaper and/or they can syndicate their columns to a number of newspapers.
Correspondents - Non-staff reporters who send in news from outside.
Stringers - Part-time correspondents, usually paid by the number or
length of stories published.
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