Definition of "news-editor" [news-editor]

• That member of the editorial staff of a newspaper whose business it is to attend to the collecting and editing of news items. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "He was one of those people who when they die, because for years they have shared a table in a restaurant on the boulevard with its news-editor, are described as"
• "Mr. Clotworthy turned him over to Mr. Tarleton, the news-editor, who was instructed to give him hints on his work and introduce him to other members of the staff."
• "Seven sub-editors "spiked" it, three made of it a "fill-par.," one gave it a headline and sent it up as an eight-line "news-par."; one, in the offices of the _Daily_, read it, laughed; spoke to the news-editor; finally carried it up to Mr. Bitt."