Job Description:

• 1) Directs and supervises personnel engaged in selecting, gathering, and editing local news and news photographs for edition of newspaper: Receives information regarding developing news events or originates story ideas and assigns coverage to members of reporting and photography staff.

• 2) Reviews news copy and confers with executive staff members regarding allocation of news space.

• 3) Sends copy to copy desk for editing.

• 4) Reviews edited copy and sends to EDITOR, NEWS or composing room.

• 5) May write or direct writing of headlines.

• 6) May hire and discharge members of reporting staff.

• 7) May perform other editorial duties as required.

• 8) Designated State Editor when working with State news and National Editor when working with National news.