What is a Newsletter Editor?
A newsletter editor is the person who compiles the various components of the newsletter into an attractive, coherent, useful publication. The editor may be an employee of the company or organization producing the newsletter, or he may be a freelancer.
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Skills
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A newsletter editor must have excellent written and spoken communication skills. She will need to proofread, and maybe write, articles and advertisements. She will also have to work with contributors, advertisers, printers, and other people involved in the newsletter's production. Layout and design skills are useful, as some editors determine the basic setup of the newsletter and choose illustrations or edit photographs.
Resources
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A newsletter editor needs a powerful computer with plenty of memory, a printer, and professional desktop publishing software. He may also need image editing software. The newsletter editor must have adequate time to devote to the work--it is crucial that he be able to concentrate on the newsletter in the short time between submissions and publication.
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Function
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The newsletter editor puts all the parts of the newsletter together. Articles, sidebars, masthead, illustrations and photographs, columns, and other special features are all under the editor's control. Contributors submit their work to her to be assembled into the final product. She may create the newsletter's design or fit the pieces into a predetermined layout.
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