• Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work.
• Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.
• Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax.
• Develop story or content ideas, considering reader or audience appeal.
• Review and approve proofs submitted by composing room prior to publication production.
• Supervise and coordinate work of reporters and other editors.
• Plan the contents of publications according to the publication's style, editorial policy, and publishing requirements.
• Read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publication.
• Allocate print space for story text, photos, and illustrations according to space parameters and copy significance, using knowledge of layout principles.
• Oversee publication production, including artwork, layout, computer typesetting, and printing, ensuring adherence to deadlines and budget requirements.
• Make manuscript acceptance or revision recommendations to the publisher.
• Assign topics, events and stories to individual writers or reporters for coverage.
• Confer with management and editorial staff members regarding placement and emphasis of developing news stories.
• Meet frequently with artists, typesetters, layout personnel, marketing directors, and production managers to discuss projects and resolve problems.
• Monitor news-gathering operations to ensure utilization of all news sources, such as press releases, telephone contacts, radio, television, wire services, and other reporters.
• Select local, state, national, and international news items received from wire services, based on assessment of items' significance and interest value.
• Interview and hire writers and reporters or negotiate contracts, royalties, and payments for authors or freelancers.
• Direct the policies and departments of newspapers, magazines and other publishing establishments.

• Computer based training software — Adobe Systems Adobe Captivate
• Data base user interface and query software — FileMaker Pro ; Style guide databases
• Data mining software — Google Analytics
• Desktop publishing software — Adobe Systems Adobe FrameMaker; Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign ; Microsoft Publisher ; QuarkXPress
• Document management software — Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
• Electronic mail software — Microsoft Outlook
• Enterprise application integration software — Extensible markup language XML
• Graphics or photo imaging software — Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Cloud ; Adobe Systems Adobe Flash ; Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop ; Microsoft Visio
• Instant messaging software — Twitter
• Internet browser software — Web browser software
• Internet protocol IP multimedia subsystem software — File transfer protocol FTP software
• Office suite software — Microsoft Office
• Presentation software — Apple iWork Keynote; Microsoft PowerPoint
• Project management software — Microsoft SharePoint
• Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
• Video conferencing software — Polycom RealPresence
• Video creation and editing software — Adobe Systems Adobe AfterEffects ; Apple Final Cut Pro ; Avid Technology Media Composer; YouTube
• Web page creation and editing software — Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver ; CCI Newsgate; Facebook ; Web content management system CMS software
• Web platform development software — Cascading Style Sheets CSS ; Drupal ; Hypertext markup language HTML
• Word processing software — AutoCrit Editing Wizard; Editor Software Stylewriter; Microsoft Word; Orpheus Technology Pro Writing Aid

Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.

• Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Quality Control Analysis — Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
• Management of Personnel Resources — Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Negotiation — Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
• Persuasion — Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
• Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.