city editor
Americannoun
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a newspaper editor in charge of local news and assignments to reporters.
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British. Also City editor. a newspaper or magazine editor in charge of the financial and commercial news.
noun
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the editor in charge of financial and commercial news
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the editor in charge of local news
Etymology
Origin of city editor
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
Example Sentences
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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 • Jul. 19, 2024
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 • Apr. 8, 2024
Thornburg, then the city editor at The Daily Tar Heel, was headed to the police station to get information for an unrelated story when the shooting began.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2023
After graduation, he was hired by The Clearwater Sun, where he eventually became city editor.
From New York Times • May 12, 2023
“My city editor just told me that that Erlone fellow won’t leave jail.”
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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