night editor

noun

1. an editor responsible for getting a morning newspaper to press, for the night operations of a wire service, or the like.

Word History and Origins

Origin of night editor¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

No-one gave her a copy of the Daily Express style-book, so she invented her own style, considerably livelier and more readable: the news editor may have hated her stories but they made the night editor laugh and he put them in the paper.

From BBC

A Montana native who cheered for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, he spent most of his quarter-century at The Post working on the sports desk, where he wrote NFL previews and served as night editor and college sports editor.

From Washington Post

He rose through the ranks of The Miami Herald and The Los Angeles Times, then arrived at The New York Times in 1996, where he took over the powerful role of night editor, the stern gatekeeper and final approver of any article headed into the print newspaper.

From New York Times

Witherow was giving evidence at an employment tribunal in Edinburgh brought by Katherine O’Donnell, a former night editor of the Scottish edition of the Times, who claims she was overlooked for promotion and discriminated against because she is a trans woman.

From The Guardian

I was working late when the night editor hollered at me from across the newsroom.

From Washington Post