Job Description:

• 1) Selects and edits state, national, and international news items received by wire from press associations: Corrects errors of spelling and punctuation in telegraph copy.

• 2) Deletes less important paragraphs, according to importance and amount of space available for story.

• 3) Issues selected items to EDITOR, NEWS, with notations of desired length of story in accordance with predetermined space allotment.

• 4) Monitors teleprinter machines for new leads on important news items received before press time of edition, and reserves space for copy on such items.

• 5) May select news of local events of national or international interest, and prepare copy to be forwarded to central news associations by wire.

• 6) May rewrite stories to include information of special interest to subscribers of publication.