- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who coordinates activities of continuity department of radio or television station. Responsibilities include:
* Assigns duties to staff and freelance writers.
* Supervises staff writers preparing program continuity and scripts for broadcasting, and edits material to ensure conformance with company policy, laws, and regulations.
* May be responsible for nonmusical copyright material.
* May read book or script of television programs and commercials or view and listen to videotapes to detect and recommend deletion of vulgar, immoral, libelous, or misleading statements, applying knowledge of Federal Communications Commission and station standards and regulations.
* May supervise administrative research workers and employees receiving and examining program ideas and scripts suggested by public for station or network presentation.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and supervises personnel engaged in selecting, gathering, and editing local news and news photographs for edition of newspaper. Responsibilities include:
* Receives information regarding developing news events or originates story ideas and assigns coverage to members of reporting and photography staff.
* Reviews news copy and confers with executive staff members regarding allocation of news space.
* Sends copy to copy desk for editing.
* Reviews edited copy and sends to editor, news or composing room.
* May write or direct writing of headlines.
* May hire and discharge members of reporting staff.
* May perform other editorial duties as required.
* Designated State Editor when working with State news and National Editor when working with National news.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises personnel engaged in selecting, gathering, and editing news and news photographs for one or more specialized news departments of newspaper. Responsibilities include:
* May select submitted material such as letters or articles for publication.
* May assign cartoons or editorials to staff members.
* May perform duties of reporter.
* May edit copy and perform related duties as required.
* Usually identified according to individual specialty or specialties.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who formulates policy; plans, coordinates, and directs editorial activities; and supervises workers who assist in selecting and preparing material for publication in magazines, trade journals, house organs, and related publications. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with executives, department heads, and editorial staff to formulate policy, coordinate department activities, establish production schedules, solve publication problems, and discuss makeup plans and organizational changes.
* Determines theme of issue and gathers related material.
* Writes or assigns staff members or freelance writers to write articles, reports, editorials, reviews, and other material.
* Reads and evaluates material submitted for publication consideration.
* Secures graphic material from picture sources and assigns artists and photographers to produce pictures and illustrations.
* Assigns staff member, or personally interviews individuals and attends gatherings, to obtain items for publication, verify facts, and clarify information.
* Assigns research and other editorial duties to assistants.
* Organizes material, plans overall and individual page layouts, and selects type.
* Marks dummy pages to indicate position and size of printed and graphic material.
* Reviews final proofs and approves or makes changes.
* Reviews and evaluates work of staff members and makes recommendations and changes.
* May perform related editorial duties listed under editorial assistant.
* May direct activities of production, circulation, or promotion personnel.
* May prepare news or public relations releases, special brochures, and similar materials.
* May be designated according to type of publication worked on as Communications Manager; Editor, Farm Journal; Editor, House Organ; Editor, Magazine; Editor, Trade Journal; Industrial Editor.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who selects and secures written material and supervises staff writers who prepare scripts to be used for television or motion picture productions. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews and evaluates writers' work developed during previous associations, samples presented by agents, and material received from other sources to select writers and subject material compatible with established styles, concepts, and formats.
* Recommends purchase of material judged to be suitable in developing scripts.
* Confers with production head regarding selection of writers and material.
* Hires, assigns, and supervises writers who prepare scripts for production.
* Reviews writers' work and gives instruction and direction regarding changes, additions, and corrections.
* Rewrites, combines, and polishes draft scripts, as necessary, to prepare scripts for production.
* Reads stories and other material obtained from various sources and evaluates potential for development into scripts.
* May assign staff members to write synopses, treatments, adaptations, scripts, and continuity when working on motion pictures.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates activities of personnel engaged in selecting, gathering, and editing news and news pictures in remote location or foreign country and transmitting to home office of newspaper or press syndicate. Responsibilities include:
* May translate dispatches into English or cable language.
* May perform duties of reporter.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who secures, selects, and coordinates publication of manuscripts in book form. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews submitted manuscript, determines demand based on consumer trends and personal knowledge, and makes recommendations regarding procurement and revision.
* Confers with author and publisher to arrange purchase and details, such as publication date, royalties, and number of copies to be printed.
* Coordinates design and production activities.
* May assign and supervise editorial staff.
* May contract design and production or personally design and produce book.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who researches information about words that make up language and writes and reviews definitions for publication in dictionary. Responsibilities include:
* Conducts or directs research to discover origin, spelling, syllabication, pronunciation, meaning, and usage of words.
* Organizes research material and writes dictionary definition.
* May study or conduct surveys to determine factors, such as frequency of use for a specific word, or word use by particular segment of population in order to select words for inclusion in dictionary.
* May perform related editorial duties.
* May select drawings or other graphic material to illustrate word meaning.
* May specialize in particular type of dictionary, such as medical, electronic, or industrial.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who researches information about words that make up language and writes and reviews definitions for publication in dictionary. Responsibilities include:
* Conducts or directs research to discover origin, spelling, syllabication, pronunciation, meaning, and usage of words.
* Organizes research material and writes dictionary definition.
* May study or conduct surveys to determine factors, such as frequency of use for a specific word, or word use by particular segment of population in order to select words for inclusion in dictionary.
* May perform related editorial duties.
* May select drawings or other graphic material to illustrate word meaning.
* May specialize in particular type of dictionary, such as medical, electronic, or industrial.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who selects and edits original sentiments for use on greeting cards. Responsibilities include:
* Reads material submitted by freelance and staff writers and determines suitability based on knowledge of market trends, company standards, and personal tastes.
* Edits material to meet greeting card requirements.
* Maintains file of sentiments for future use.
* May write greeting card verses.
* May supervise writing staff.
* May design cards.
* May coordinate activities of art, photographic, and printing staff.
Industry:Professional careers
