Практикум по чтению и переводу профессиональных текстов по книгоизданию и редактированию. Английский язык

The executive editor sets the publication standards for performance, as well as for motivating and developing the staff. The executive editor is also responsible for developing and maintaining the publication budget. In concert with the publisher and the operating committee, the executive editor is responsible for strategic and operational planning.

Newspapers

Editors at newspapers supervise journalists and improve their work. Newspaper editing encompasses a variety of titles and functions. These include:

• Copy editors

• Department editors

• Managing editors and assistant or deputy managing editors (the managing editor is often second in line after the top editor)

• News editors, who oversee the news desks

• Photo or picture editors

• Section editors and their assistants, such as for business, features, and sports

• Editorial Page Editor who oversees the coverage on the editorial page.

This includes chairing the Editorial Board and assigning editorial writing responsibilities. The editorial page editor may also oversee the op-ed page or those duties are assigned to a separate op-ed editor.

• Top editors, who may be called editor in chief, executive editor or sometimes just editor

• Readers’ editors, sometimes known as the ombudsman, who arbitrate complaints.

• Wire editors, who choose and edit texts from various international wire services, and are usually part of the copy desk

• Administrative editors (who actually don’t edit but perform duties such as recruiting and directing training).

The term city editor is used differently in North America and South America, where it refers to the editor responsible for the news coverage of a newspaper’s local circulation area (also sometimes called metro editor), than in the United Kingdom, where it refers to the editor responsible for coverage of business in the City of London and, by extension, coverage of business and finance in general.

3. Answer the following questions:

1. What is editing? What can be edited?

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What do the editors —in- chief do? What is their main responsibility?

3. Who is responsible for news-paper layout?

4. Who answers the complaints?

5. What does a substantive editor usually do and why do they hire such editors?

6. What is the copy desk staff?

7. Why is it necessary to supervise journalists and who supervises them in the newspaper?

8. What can you tell about the duties of a production editor?

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