All reporters are ultimately responsible to an editor. Depending on its size, a newspaper may have numerous editors, beginning with an executive editor responsible for the news division. Immediately below the executive editor is the managing editor, the person who oversees the day-to-day work of the news division. Other editors-sports, photo, state, national, features and obituary (讣告), for example-may also report to the managing editor.
However, the best known and in some ways the most crucial editor is the city or metro editor. This is the editor that reporters work for directly. The city or metro editor assigns stories, enforces deadlines and is the first to see reporters raw copy on the composition system or computer network. These editors are called gatekeepers, because they control much of what will and will not appear in the next days paper. Often working under the stress of breaking news, their decisions translate directly into the content of the newspaper.
Once the city or metro editor has finished editing a reporters raw copy, the story moves from the composition system via the computer network to another part of the news division, the copy desk. Here, copy editors check for spelling and other errors of usage. They may also look for holes in the story that would confuse readers or leave their questions unanswered.
The copy desk chief routes finished stories to other editors who fit local and wire service stories, headlines (written by the editor-not the reporter!) and digital photographs onto pages. Newspapers are increasingly doing this work, called pagination (分页), with personal computers using software available at any office supply store. Microsoft Windows, Word and Quark Express are three programs that, though not designed for newspaper production, are easily adapted for it.
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