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.