City editor

A city editor is a section editor of a newspaper responsible for daily news from a city or metropolitan area. They often work at night to be able to track news that happens at any time and include it in the following day's publication.

Regional variations

In North and South America, a city editor is responsible for the news coverage of a newspaper's local circulation area (also sometimes called metro editor).

In the United Kingdom (often with a capital C)^{[1][2][3][4][5]} the term refers to the editor responsible for coverage of business in the City of London, home of the Bank of England and the London Stock Exchange and, by extension, can refer to the editor in charge coverage of daily finance news in general.

References

1. Oliver, Laura (20 July 2010). "Evening Standard City readership twice the FT's, says City editor". journalism.co.uk. Marten Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
2. Tryhorn, Chris (3 August 2005). "Standard's City pullout no longer in the pink". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
3. "Telegraph City editor Neil Collins makes leap into business for better". Press Gazette. 4 August 2005. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
4. "Anna Isaac | The Guardian". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
5. "Jill Treanor | The Times & The Sunday Times". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 14 May 2025.