city editor

noun

1. a newspaper editor in charge of local news and assignments to reporters.
2. Also City editor. British. a newspaper or magazine editor in charge of the financial and commercial news.

city editor

noun

1. the editor in charge of financial and commercial news
2. the editor in charge of local news

Word History and Origins

Origin of city editor¹

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Example Sentences

When they learned that I had once been a city editor at a daily newspaper near their home in northern Wisconsin, everyone started excitedly telling me their own story.

From Salon

Tang promoted longtime editor Hector Becerra to managing editor and he tapped city editor Maria L. La Ganga to deputy managing editor for California and Metro.

From Los Angeles Times

He was city editor for the California section until 2022, when he was promoted to deputy managing editor, leading the Metro and California sections, the paper’s largest staff.

From Los Angeles Times

Times city editor Bill Boyarsky, 88, tackled the age issue in a recent episode of their trenchant and always entertaining podcast — Inside Golden State Politics.

From Los Angeles Times

Hoge’s meteoric rise began at the Chicago Sun-Times in 1958, first as a Washington correspondent, then, at age 29, as city editor, followed three years later by his appointment as managing editor.

From Seattle Times