What's the difference between a reporter and an editor?

The difference between journalists and editors: different categories.

Journalists are a profession and an industry. Mainly engaged in news recording, news reporting and other work. Journalists must have a certificate, that is, a journalist's card. Editing is a job category and a professional identity. Refers to the compilation of works, etc. The person who is engaged in this work is called "Editor" or "revision" in Chinese. Editing belongs to a profession, and the corresponding English vocabulary is editor.

Editors are one of the most important and decisive features of journalism. It gives journalism legitimacy as a form of cultural production. Researchers regard the editors of newspapers, magazines, radio stations or websites as serious journalists, who are at the forefront of news collection and dissemination and supervise the text editing of print media, TV screens and websites (including sports, lifestyle, art, health and other fields).

At present, the academic research of the press mainly involves three groups:

Value transformation and professionalization of journalists and journalists. Managers in the news integration process. Audience. Usually, the role of "editor" is often classified as "reporter" and lacks a certain degree of outside attention. In fact, these three groups are closely related to editors.

For example, editors guide and evaluate journalists' work, manage newsrooms, and decide the influence of reaching audiences. Editors help the ideal and practice of journalism by synthesizing the needs and expectations of all parties and continuous consultation.