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<li><a href="Article_(publishing)" title="Article (publishing)">Article</a> (<a href="Headline" title="Headline">Headline</a> · <a href="Byline" title="Byline">Byline</a> · <a href="Dateline" title="Dateline">Dateline</a> · <a href="Report" title="Report">Report</a> · <a href="Column_(periodical)" title="Column (periodical)">Column</a> · <a href="Opinion_piece" title="Opinion piece">Opinion piece</a> · <a href="Editorial" title="Editorial">Editorial</a> · <a href="Op-ed" title="Op-ed">Op-ed</a>)</li>

<li><a href="News_style" title="News style">Writing style</a> (<a href="Five_Ws" title="Five Ws">Five Ws</a> · <a href="Inverted_pyramid_(journalism)" title="Inverted pyramid (journalism)">Inverted pyramid</a> · <a href="Journalese" title="Journalese">Journalese</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Journalism_ethics_and_standards" title="Journalism ethics and standards">Ethics and standards</a> (<a href="Code_of_ethics_in_media" title="Code of ethics in media">code of ethics</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Journalism_culture" title="Journalism culture">Culture</a></li>

<li><a href="Journalistic_objectivity" title="Journalistic objectivity">Objectivity</a></li>

<li><a href="News_values" title="News values">News values</a></li>

<li><a href="Source_(journalism)" title="Source (journalism)">Sources</a></li>

<li><a href="Defamation" title="Defamation">Defamation</a></li>

<li><a href="Sensationalism" title="Sensationalism">Sensationalism</a></li>

<li><a href="Editorial_independence" title="Editorial independence">Editorial independence</a></li>

<li><a href="Journalism_school" title="Journalism school">Journalism school</a></li>

<li><a href="Index_of_journalism_articles" title="Index of journalism articles">Index of journalism articles</a></li></ul></td>

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<a href="Beat_reporting" title="Beat reporting">Beats</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="padding-top:0.15em;padding-bottom:0.6em;">

<li><a href="Business_journalism" title="Business journalism">Business</a></li>

<li><a href="Entertainment_journalism" title="Entertainment journalism">Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Environmental_journalism" title="Environmental journalism">Environment</a></li>

<li><a href="Fashion_journalism" title="Fashion journalism">Fashion</a></li>

<li><a href="Local_news" title="Local news">Local</a></li>

<li><a href="Medical_journalism" title="Medical journalism">Medicine</a></li>

<li><a href="Music_journalism" title="Music journalism">Music</a></li>

<li><a href="Political_journalism" title="Political journalism">Politics</a></li>

<li><a href="Science_journalism" title="Science journalism">Science</a></li>

<li><a href="Sports_journalism" title="Sports journalism">Sports</a></li>

<li><a href="Technology_journalism" title="Technology journalism">Technology</a></li>

<li><a href="Traffic_reporting" title="Traffic reporting">Traffic</a></li>

<li><a href="Video_game_journalism" title="Video game journalism">Video games</a></li>

<li><a href="Weather_forecasting" title="Weather forecasting">Weather</a></li>

<li><a href="World_news" title="World news">World</a></li></ul>

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Genres</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="padding-top:0.15em;padding-bottom:0.6em;">

<ul><li><a href="Adversarial_journalism" title="Adversarial journalism">Adversarial</a></li>

<li><a href="Advocacy_journalism" title="Advocacy journalism">Advocacy</a> (<a href="Journalistic_interventionism" title="Journalistic interventionism">Interventionism</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Analytic_journalism" title="Analytic journalism">Analytic</a></li>

<li><a href="Blog" title="Blog">Blogging</a></li>

<li><a href="Breaking_news" title="Breaking news">Breaking news</a></li>

<li><a href="Broadcast_journalism" title="Broadcast journalism">Broadcast</a></li>

<li><a href="Churnalism" title="Churnalism">Churnalism</a></li>

<li><a href="Citizen_journalism" title="Citizen journalism">Citizen</a></li>

<li><a href="Civic_journalism" title="Civic journalism">Civic</a></li>

<li><a href="Collaborative_journalism" title="Collaborative journalism">Collaborative</a></li>

<li><a href="Comics_journalism" title="Comics journalism">Comics-based</a></li>

<li><a href="Community_journalism" title="Community journalism">Community</a></li>

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<li><a href="Digital_journalism" title="Digital journalism">Digital/Online</a></li>

<li><a href="Enterprise_journalism" title="Enterprise journalism">Enterprise</a></li>

<li><a href="Explanatory_journalism" title="Explanatory journalism">Explanatory</a></li>

<li><a href="Fact-checking" title="Fact-checking">Fact-checking</a></li>

<li><a href="Feature_story" title="Feature story">Feature story</a></li>

<li><a href="Gonzo_journalism" title="Gonzo journalism">Gonzo</a></li>

<li><a href="Human-interest_story" title="Human-interest story">Human-interest</a></li>

<li><a href="Immersion_journalism" title="Immersion journalism">Immersion</a></li>

<li><a href="Infotainment" title="Infotainment">Infotainment</a>/<a href="Soft_media" title="Soft media">Soft media</a></li>

<li><a href="Interpretive_journalism" title="Interpretive journalism">Interpretive</a></li>

<li><a href="Investigative_journalism" title="Investigative journalism">Investigative</a></li>

<li><a href="Multimedia_journalism" title="Multimedia journalism">Multimedia</a></li>

<li><a href="Narrative_journalism" title="Narrative journalism">Narrative</a></li>

<li><a href="New_Journalism" title="New Journalism">New Journalism</a></li>

<li><a href="Non-profit_journalism" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-profit journalism">Non-profit</a></li>

<li><a href="Opinion_journalism" title="Opinion journalism">Opinion</a></li>

<li><a href="Peace_journalism" title="Peace journalism">Peace</a></li>

<li><a href="Photojournalism" title="Photojournalism">Photojournalism</a></li>

<li><a href="Pink-slime_journalism" title="Pink-slime journalism">Pink-slime</a></li>

<li><a href="Press_release" title="Press release">Press release</a></li>

<li><a href="Public_service_journalism" title="Public service journalism">Public service</a></li>

<li><a href="Sensor_journalism" title="Sensor journalism">Sensor</a></li>

<li><a href="Tabloid_journalism" title="Tabloid journalism">Tabloid</a>/<a href="Yellow_journalism" title="Yellow journalism">Yellow</a></li>

<li><a href="Underground_press" title="Underground press">Underground</a></li>

<li><a href="Video_journalism" title="Video journalism">Video</a></li>

<li><a href="Visual_journalism" title="Visual journalism">Visual</a></li>

<li><a href="Watchdog_journalism" title="Watchdog journalism">Watchdog</a></li></ul>

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Social impact</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="padding-top:0.15em;padding-bottom:0.6em;">

<li><a href="Fourth_Estate" title="Fourth Estate">Fourth Estate</a></li>

<li><a href="Fifth_Estate" title="Fifth Estate">Fifth Estate</a></li>

<li><a href="Freedom_of_information" title="Freedom of information">Freedom of information</a></li>

<li><a href="Freedom_of_the_press" title="Freedom of the press">Freedom of the press</a></li>

<li><a href="Horse_race_journalism" title="Horse race journalism">Horse race journalism</a></li>

<li><a href="Media_bias" title="Media bias">Media bias</a> (<a href="False_balance" title="False balance">False balance</a>)</li>

<li><a href="News_desert" title="News desert">News desert</a></li>

<li><a href="News_embargo" title="News embargo">News embargo</a></li>

<li><a href="Public_relations" title="Public relations">Public relations</a></li>

<li><a href="Propaganda_model" title="Propaganda model">Propaganda model</a></li></ul>

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<a href="News_media" title="News media">News media</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="padding-top:0.15em;padding-bottom:0.6em;">

<ul><li><a href="Newspaper" title="Newspaper">Newspapers</a> (<a href="Newspaper_of_record" title="Newspaper of record">Newspaper of record</a> · <a href="Online_newspaper" title="Online newspaper">Online</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Magazine" title="Magazine">Magazines</a></li>

<li><a href="News_broadcasting" title="News broadcasting">TV and radio</a></li>

<li><a href="Documentary_film" title="Documentary film">Documentary film</a></li>

<li><a href="Online_newspaper" title="Online newspaper">Internet</a></li>

<li><a href="News_agency" title="News agency">News agencies</a></li>

<li><a href="Alternative_media" title="Alternative media">Alternative media</a></li></ul>

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Roles</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="padding-top:0.15em;padding-bottom:0.6em;">

<ul><li><a href="Journalist" title="Journalist">Journalists (reporters)</a>

<ul><li><a href="Safety_of_journalists" title="Safety of journalists">Safety</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Columnist" title="Columnist">Columnist</a></li>

<li><a href="Blog" title="Blog">Blogger</a></li>

<li><a href="Editing" title="Editing">Editor</a></li>

<li><a href="Copy_editing" title="Copy editing">Copy editor</a></li>

<li><a href="Meteorologist" title="Meteorologist">Meteorologist</a></li>

<li><a href="News_presenter" title="News presenter">News presenter</a></li>

<li><a href="Photojournalism" title="Photojournalism">Photographer</a></li>

<li><a href="Pundit" title="Pundit">Pundit / commentator</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> </span><a href="Portal%3AJournalism" title="Portal:Journalism">Journalism portal</a></li>

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<p>In journalism, an <b>assignment editor</b> is an editor—either at a <a href="Newspaper" title="Newspaper">newspaper</a> or a <a href="Radio_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio station">radio</a> or <a href="Television_station" title="Television station">television station</a>—who selects, develops, and plans reporting assignments, either news events or feature stories, to be covered by reporters.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>An assignment editor often fields calls from the public, who give news tips, or information about a possible story or event to be covered. Sometimes, these calls may:

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<ul><li>Alert editors about a disaster – perhaps something as minor as a car accident or as major as a commercial plane crash with mass casualties.</li>

<li>Be someone wishing to make a complaint about corporate or governmental practices, or have information or an opinion about a major decision that a local or state government is making.</li>

<li>Be something as minor as a child building the world's largest sandcastle or a budding <a href="Entrepreneur" class="mw-redirect" title="Entrepreneur">entrepreneur</a> wanting to promote his/her product.</li></ul>

<p>Other times, the news tip may come in the form of a <a href="News_release" class="mw-redirect" title="News release">news release</a>, which may either promote an event, meeting, etc. or alert editors and reporters about an upcoming <a href="News_conference" class="mw-redirect" title="News conference">news conference</a>. Sometimes, assignment editors must sift through hundreds of news releases each day. In many cases, possibly dependent on the <a href="Designated_Market_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Designated Market Area">market</a>, assignment editors use <a href="Scanner_(radio)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scanner (radio)">police scanners</a>, listening to traffic between 911 dispatchers and police officers in the field.

</p><p>Whatever the case, it is the assignment editor's job to determine what news tips and news releases are the most newsworthy and then decide which reporter to assign a story to. Those assignments are often determined based on the reporter's experience, skills, and his/her beat (e.g., police, courts, schools, city hall, county, etc.).

</p><p>If a major story develops – such as a disaster or economic development – an assignment editor may enlist several reporters (in addition to whoever usually covers that beat) to cover various angles of a story. For instance, if the story is about a plant closing, one reporter may be asked to do the main story about the closing, while other reporters may be asked to do stories on such topics as employee reaction, the reaction from business and community leaders, a history of the plant (and other plant closings, if appropriate), etc.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Required_background">Required background</h2></div>

<p>An assignment editor often has a minimum of one year of experience working for a particular news organization and a number of years of experience working in journalism, usually as a line or copy editor, or even a staff writer. An assignment editor is expected to be well versed in journalistic standards and ethics and have good knowledge of the community in which he/she works and lives.

</p><p>The position is that of a commissioning editor, and its responsibilities usually entail the day-to-day management of <a href="Staff_writer" title="Staff writer">staff writers</a>, <a href="Beat_reporting" title="Beat reporting">beat reporters</a>, and <a href="Correspondent" title="Correspondent">correspondents</a>, procuring original content from freelance writers, and managing the daily "<a href="Newsroom" title="Newsroom">budget meeting</a>". Sometimes, it may be a journalist's first job as a senior editor in the newsroom, working with other editorial sections – such as copy, opinion, magazine, managing, and chief editors – alongside the breaking news desk. As more news outlets move to a <a href="Digital_first" title="Digital first">digital first</a> model, the role has changed substantially, with the emphasis shifting from page planning to commissioning time-sensitive pieces that fit a more rapid news cycle.

</p><p>At many smaller daily and weekly newspapers, the role of assignment editor is often combined with an editor's other duties (e.g., an assistant editor who also lays out the pages may also be asked to assign stories to reporters).

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<ul><li><a href="Broadcast_journalism" title="Broadcast journalism">Broadcast journalism</a></li>

<li><a href="Newspaper" title="Newspaper">Newspaper</a></li>

<li><a href="Radio_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio station">Radio station</a></li>

<li><a href="Television_station" title="Television station">Television station</a></li>

<li><a href="Weekly_newspaper" title="Weekly newspaper">Weekly newspaper</a></li></ul>

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</style><cite id="CITEREFWengerPotter2018" class="citation book cs1">Wenger, Debora Halpern; Potter, Deborah (2018-08-17). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JzBcDwAAQBAJ&dq=Journalism+glossary+%22assignment+editor%22&pg=PT341">"Glossary of Multimedia Journalism Terms"</a>. <i>Advancing the Story: Quality Journalism in a Digital World</i>. CQ Press. pp. no pag. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-1-5443-3244-4</bdi>.</cite></span>

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<ul><li><a href="Editing" title="Editing">Editor</a></li>

<li><a href="Copy_editing" title="Copy editing">Copy editor</a></li>

<li><a href="Contributing_editor" title="Contributing editor">Contributing editor</a></li>

<li><a href="Public_editor" title="Public editor">Public editor</a></li>

<li><a href="Duty_editor" title="Duty editor">Duty editor</a></li>

<li><a href="Political_editor" title="Political editor">Political editor</a></li>

<li><a href="Managing_editor" title="Managing editor">Managing editor</a></li>

<li><a href="Editor-at-large" title="Editor-at-large">Editor-at-large</a></li>

<li><a href="Editor-in-chief" title="Editor-in-chief">Editor-in-chief</a></li>

<li><a href="Editorial_board" title="Editorial board">Editorial board</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Journalist" title="Journalist">Journalists (reporters)</a></li>

<li><a href="Columnist" title="Columnist">Columnist</a></li>

<li><a href="Blog" title="Blog">Blogger</a></li>

<li><a href="Meteorologist" title="Meteorologist">Meteorologist</a></li>

<li><a href="News_presenter" title="News presenter">News presenter</a></li>

<li><a href="Pundit" title="Pundit">Pundit / Commentator</a></li>

<li><a href="Fixer_(journalism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fixer (journalism)">Fixer</a></li>

<li><a href="Stringer_(journalism)" title="Stringer (journalism)">Stringer</a></li>

<li><a href="Correspondent" title="Correspondent">Correspondent</a></li>

<li><a href="Fact_checker" class="mw-redirect" title="Fact checker">Fact checker</a></li>

<li><a href="Food_critic" title="Food critic">Food critic</a></li>

<li><a href="Gossip_columnist" title="Gossip columnist">Gossip columnist</a></li>

<li><a href="News_analyst" title="News analyst">News analyst</a></li>

<li><a href="Staff_writer" title="Staff writer">Staff writer</a></li>

<li><a href="Photojournalism" title="Photojournalism">Photographer</a></li></ul>

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