Editor

An 'Editor' is a person who prepares text?typically language, but also images and sounds?for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. In career terms, the word has four major senses:

External links

Professional associations:

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• American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors
• American Copy Editors Society
• American Society of Business Publication Editors, for trade magazines
• American Society of Magazine Editors
• American Society of Newspaper Editors, mainly for top editors at daily newspapers
• Associated Press Managing Editors
• Associated Press Sports Editors
• Association of Opinion Page Editors
• Editorial Freelancers Association, based in the USA
• Editors' Association of Canada
• International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors
• Organization of News Ombudsmen for readers' editors and ombudsmen
• World Editors Forum

Online resources:

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• EServer TC Library: Editing
• Writer Beware on Independent Editors

Articles:

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• Black day for the blue pencil
• an extensive article from The Guardian, August 6, 2005 by Blake Morrison suggesting that the art of literary editing is in decline and discussing the relationship between famous authors and their editors.