Job: Role & Responsibilities of an Editor (Online)
1. Cross checking the facts, spellings, grammar, writing style, design pages, photos etc. is the final responsibility of an editor in chief. The final accountability is that of an editor in chief.
2. It is the responsibility of the editor-in-chief to reject a piece of writing that either appears to be plagiarized or ghost written by another sub-editor or has been published before elsewhere.
3. An editor in chief is required to make light as well as heavy edits to the content in question.
Light edits -> work that does not require making substantial theme changes, structure changes and writing style changes.
When all of these require some heavy attention -> the editing is called heavy editing.
4. An editor in chief may be required to contribute editorial pieces in the publication industry.
5. The publication's standards of performance depend heavily on its editor in chief.
6. An editor in chief is required to motivate and develop the staff under him on an occasional basis. Often, editor in chief responsibilities are seen to expand to the operational and strategic planning of the organization as well.
7. It is necessary for the editor in chief to conduct editorial team meeting on regular basis, which will keep the team members updated. Assigning responsibilities to all team members and ensuring that they are completed on time is one of the major responsibilities of an editor-in-chief.
8. Editor in chief is also required to handle reader's complaints and explain and account for them.
9. It is the editor in chief's responsibility to cross-check all citations and examine all the references provided in the content
10. A technical editor in chief has the added responsibility to check the technical soundness and technical quality of the content. For this, he is required to have the technical skills in the related field or product.
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