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managing editor

NOUN
supervising editor
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Prior to that, he had a two-decade career at the Journal, where he was Washington bureau chief and then deputy managing editor, overseeing all digital, conferences, books and video operations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Pelley was the show's managing editor and anchor and had been a 60 Minutes correspondent for 22 years.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

She brought in Adam Rubenstein, a former New York Times and Free Press staffer, as deputy editor-in-chief, and tapped Charles Forelle, a former Wall Street Journal editor, as managing editor.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

Sabrina, your character in “The Paper” wants to be the managing editor of the Toledo Truth Teller, but she’s really all about the clickbait.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Times managing editor Abe Rosenthal asked James Goodale, the paper’s thirty-seven-year-old general counsel.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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