4 j the editor
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Mohan Sinha outlines the responsibilities of an editor in formulating editorial policies and running a newspaper. An editor should maintain common decency and accuracy in reporting while being fair, unbiased, and upholding the law. An editor must be a good communicator, administrator, leader, and maintain good relations with the public. Editors act as guardians for accurate reporting, coaches for reporters, and leaders who inspire their newsrooms.
4 j the editor
- 2. Responsible for formulating editorial policies of the newspaper along with the management. He should: Maintain the level of common decency; publish the newspaper that is welcome to a home. Tell the essential news; select it well for news is the basis of opinion in a republic
- 3. Be honest and fair; remember that there are two sides to every question. Make fair play the standard of news presentation. Be willing to hear the voice of the appraised; be tolerant. Uphold the laws of the country, its Constitution, the state laws and the laws of the municipality in which the newspaper is published
- 4. Remember that the news should be fair, accurate, unbiased, and impersonal. Endeavour to bring out the constructive point of view in dealing with the community. Act with moderation in conducting the newspaper. Adopt a broad social policy, remembering that sympathetic understanding is the language of all humanity. Recognize the place of individual leadership and social responsibility resting upon the shoulders of all. Be loyal; be willing to fight for honest conviction.
- 5. Public Relations Team Building Leadership Planning Organizing the desk
- 6. ◦ He should be an excellent communicator ◦ He should be a good partner ◦ He should be an efficient administrator ◦ He should be an efficient coordinator ◦ He should be a delectable leader ◦ He should have a sensitive feel for typography, good newspaper design and good news photographs ◦ He should maintain cordial relations with leaders and public in every walk of life, but not to succumb to blandishments
- 7. Guardians - ◦ At the most fundamental level, editors are guardians -- guardians of the way we communicate. ◦ This means that editors should be careful of trendy or faddish words that only a limited few will understand. ◦ Being guardians means that grammatical principles are consistently followed, that words are chosen carefully, that a publication's style is observed (but not blindly so) and that words are spelled correctly.
- 8. Newsrooms often see a lot of churn, especially among the reporter ranks. With reporters moving in and out so much, how can they understand the context in which the news happens? Editors need to know their communities and their states, they need to know what has happened there recently and what happened there long ago, and they need to bring that perspective to their news reports. Audiences will not trust or respect a news publication that does not understand the history that has shaped their communities.
- 9. ◦ Have a "a built-in bullshit detector." ◦ An editor needs to be able to sense when somebody is being less-than-forthcoming or self-serving. ◦ Because accuracy in journalism is paramount. Although there's an implicit trust between editors and reporters, editors must constantly be asking, "How do we know this?" ◦ If a reporter understands that this comes from a perspective that values the need for accuracy, rather than from an air of distrust, he or she will look forward to such exchanges. ◦ Even on the copy desk, editors must always be questioning whether facts are correct.
- 10. ◦ "Who wrote this piece of garbage?!" ◦ The essence of coaching involves allowing reporters to maintain ownership of their work. ◦ By acting as a coach, rather than autocratic manager, the editor helps the reporter to conceptualize a story and works with him or her through the reporting, writing and editing of the story. ◦ And using such an approach may -– heaven forbid! –- help the reporter to get better.
- 11. ◦ Going hand in hand with the editor as a coach is the editor as a teacher. ◦ Most editors start their careers as reporters. ◦ What they learned along the way, they pass along to the newer folks who come along. Many editors act as mentors to young reporters –- and to new editors, too.
- 12. Editors are leaders in their newsrooms. They set the tone. They formulate the mission and make sure everyone knows it. They set the example for others. They inspire newspersons to do their best and to understand the importance of what they do. In a sense, they are visionaries, knowing where the newsroom is and where they want it to go.
- 13. There's so much, so much, so much information out there that somebody needs to decide what's fit for publication or broadcast and what's not. That's the gate-keeping function of editors - - deciding what's newsworthy.
- 14. Although reporters on the beat should be generating the most story ideas for their publications, editors themselves are always inquisitive. What does the audience need to know about -- or want to know about? How do news events affect the audience? What's under the surface that we need to get at?
- 15. Editors are advocates for their writers, for their newsrooms, for freedom of expression, for the importance of journalism in Indian society.
- 16. Editors are writers, whether they're helping reporters rework their stories or writing headlines or creating photo captions or graphics.
- 17. They don't just work with words, but with the entire presentation. They coordinate with photojournalists and graphic artists. They select pictures and edit informational graphics. They design pages. You need more than just words to tell the story.
- 18. They keep track of budgets and fight for as many resources as possible to cover the news. They hire and evaluate staffers and set work schedules. For better or worse, editors are managers.
- 19. They are constantly attuned to the potential problems that news reporting can create and to the potential for harm that journalism can inflict. Editors work to minimize such harm and to make sure that their colleagues follow the norms of the profession.
- 20. democrats with a lowercase "D." Editors understand the importance of journalism in a self-governing society like ours. That's the notion of providing people with the information they need in order to elect public officials and make other decisions about their lives. It's the notion that those in power -- whether political power or economic power -- are to be held accountable.
- 21. ... And finally an Editor is artist, chef, butcher, shoemaker, barber and tailor all rolled into one