Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
city editor
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And, that is how I was contacted by the city editor and hired.
▪ By sophomore year I was city editor of the Crimson, a big honor for one so young.
▪ He rose to city editor, and survived the Gannett takeover, remaining until 1985.
▪ It would seem to leave the Star city editor with absolutely nothing to do, an empty suit with an empty schedule.
▪ Newsroom and management hopes have settled on Ann-Eve Pedersen, currently an assistant city editor.
▪ Or as city editor of a national newspaper?
▪ She started at the Guardian in 1993 as city editor.
▪ The city editor, Arax reports, had had numerous drunken-driving arrests voided by the police chief.
WordNet
city editor
n. the newspaper editor in charge of editing local news
Wikipedia
City editor
A city editor is a title used by a particular section editor of a newspaper. They are responsible for the daily changes of a particular issue of a newspaper that will be released in the coming day. Mostly they stay at the publication at night and track news that happens anytime.
- In North and South America it refers to the editor responsible for the news coverage of a newspaper's local circulation area (also sometimes called metro editor)
- In the United Kingdom (often with a capital C) it refers to the editor responsible for coverage of business in the City of London and, by extension, coverage of business and finance in general.
Category:Types of editors
Usage examples of "city editor".
The city editor had done his best to give it a big lead with a lot of "Mystery surrounds" and "It is suspecteds," but his reporter had been able to put very few bones into it at that point.