Typical newspaper organization chart
Generic titles
- Bureau Chief The director of news operations in a remote site or bureau.
- Reporter A person whose job it is to gather and write the news for a publication or a broadcast outlet.
Print Titles
- City Editor The individual (also known as the metropolitan, or metro, editor) in charge of the city desk, which coordinates local news-gathering operations. At some papers the desk also handles regional and state news done by its own reporters.
- Copy Editor A person who checks, polishes and corrects stories written by reporters. Usually copy editors write headlines for those stories, and sometimes they decide how to arrange stories and pictures on a page.
- Editor The top-ranking individual in the news department of a newspaper, also known as the editor in chief. The term may refer as well to those at any level who edit copy.
- Editorial Page Editor The individual in charge of the editorial page and, at larger newspapers, the op-ed (opposite editorial) page.
- Graphics Editor Usually, the editor responsible for all non-photographic illustrations in a newspaper, including information graphics, maps and illustrations.
- Managing Editor The individual with primary responsibility for day-to-day operation of the news department.
- News Editor The supervisor of the copy desk. At some newspapers, this title is used for the person in charge of local news-gathering operations.
- Photo Editor The individual who advises editors on the use of photographs in the newspaper. The photo editor also may supervise the photography department.
- Publisher The top-ranking executive of a newspaper. This title often is assumed by the owner, although chains sometimes designate as publisher the top local executive.
Broadcast Titles
- Anchor One in the television studio who ties together the newscast by reading the news and providing transitions from one story to the next.
- Executive Producer The television executive with overall responsibility for the look of the television newscast.
- Field Producer Behind-the-scenes television reporter who often does much of the field work for a network's on-camera correspondents.
- Network Correspondent A television reporter who delivers the news on camera. Network correspondents may or may not do the actual news-gathering for their stories.
- Show Producer Television news specialists who produce individual newscasts and report to the executive producer.
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