senior editor

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He was very highly paid during the heyday of publishing as a senior editor and eventually editor-in-chief of a major publication.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

“Throughout her extraordinary career, Amy Tan has transformed American literature by shining a light on the emotional complexities of family, identity and cultural inheritance,” said Times senior editor for Books Sophia Kercher.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

One junior role at a media company for which she’d interned paid less than her former salary as a senior editor elsewhere.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2026

Victoria joined the Journal from CBS News, where she was a senior editor for the website.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

"Not a bit; the senior editor read it and thought it highly instructive; it appears in the next issue."

From Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith