A wire editor (also known as telegraph editor) selects and edits news stories. Editing includes checking for spelling and punctuation, relevance of information, selection of content and space allocated to stories, and rewriting.[1]
References
edit- ^ Dictionary of Occupational Titles 1965, p. 235.
Sources
editDictionary of Occupational Titles: Definitions of titles. Vol. 1 (Third ed.). U.S. Department of Labor, Manpower Administration, Bureau of Employment Security. 1965. 
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Further reading
edit- Friend, Cecilia; Challenger, Don (2013). Contemporary Editing. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781138631413.
- Iron editor p. 18