Editorial Assistant

Oversee publication production, including artwork, layout, computer typesetting, and printing, ensuring adherence to deadlines and budget requirements.

Monitor news-gathering operations to ensure utilization of all news sources, such as press releases, telephone contacts, radio, television, wire services, and other reporters.

Write text, such as stories, articles, editorials, or newsletters.

Interview and hire writers and reporters or negotiate contracts, royalties, and payments for authors or freelancers.

Read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publication.

Select local, state, national, and international news items received from wire services, based on assessment of items' significance and interest value.

Arrange for copyright permissions.

Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work.

Allocate print space for story text, photos, and illustrations according to space parameters and copy significance, using knowledge of layout principles.

Meet frequently with artists, typesetters, layout personnel, marketing directors, and production managers to discuss projects and resolve problems.

Make manuscript acceptance or revision recommendations to the publisher.

Develop story or content ideas, considering reader or audience appeal.

Plan the contents of publications according to the publication's style, editorial policy, and publishing requirements.

Assign topics, events and stories to individual writers or reporters for coverage.

Direct the policies and departments of newspapers, magazines and other publishing establishments.

Review and approve proofs submitted by composing room prior to publication production.

Read material to determine index items and arrange them alphabetically or topically, indicating page or chapter location.

Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax.

Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.

Confer with management and editorial staff members regarding placement and emphasis of developing news stories.