Editors

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Editor, News Editor, Newspaper Copy Editor, Sports Editor

What they do:
Plan, coordinate, revise, or edit written material. May review proposals and drafts for possible publication.
On the job, you would:
  • Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax.
  • Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.
  • Read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication, and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publication.

Knowledge

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Communications

  • multimedia

Business

  • management
  • administrative services

Education and Training

  • teaching and course design

Skills

Basic Skills

  • reading work related information
  • writing things for co-workers or customers

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Abilities

Verbal

  • read and understand what is written
  • communicate by writing

Ideas and Logic

  • come up with lots of ideas
  • group things in different ways

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include creating, designing, and making your own rules.

They do well at jobs that need:

  • Attention to Detail
  • Integrity
  • Adaptability/Flexibility
  • Cooperation
  • Dependability
  • Stress Tolerance

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Word processing software

  • Google Docs Hot Technology
  • Microsoft Word Hot Technology In Demand

Web page creation and editing software

  • LinkedIn Hot Technology
  • WordPress Hot Technology

Desktop publishing software

  • Adobe InDesign Hot Technology
  • Microsoft Publisher

Education

Education: (rated 4 of 5)
bachelor's degree or
master's degree
usually needed

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Job Outlook

Below Average
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