The Collar360

Newspaper editor

Other names

news editor, newspaper graphics editor, sports editor, graphics editor, newspaper news editor

Journalism, writing and languages

They choose which news stories go in the paper, give them to reporters, and make sure the paper is ready on time.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

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    Develop story or content ideas, considering reader or audience appeal.

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    Allocate print space for story text, photos, and illustrations according to space parameters and copy significance, using knowledge of layout principles.

  3. 3

    Confer with management and editorial staff members regarding placement and emphasis of developing news stories.

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Sources

Built from 4 sources

Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
rédacteur en chef/rédactrice en chef
español
redactor de periódico/redactora de periódico
العربية
محرر أخبار / محررة أخبار
português
Editor de jornais/Editora de jornais
Deutsch
Zeitungsredakteur/Zeitungsredakteurin
italiano
direttore di quotidiano/direttrice di quotidiano

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