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editor-in-chief
UK/ˌedɪtə(r) ɪn ˈtʃiːf/US/ˌɛdɪtər ɪn ˈtʃiːf/ED·i·tor-in-CHIEF
the person with final responsibility for the content of a newspaper or magazine
Examples
“The editor-in-chief decided to run the investigative report on the front page.”
“As editor-in-chief, she oversees the editorial team and approves stories.”
“The editor-in-chief resigned after the controversy.”
Band 8 sentence
“As editor-in-chief, she revised the paper's editorial line to prioritise investigative reporting.”
Collocations
- editor-in-chief of a newspaper
- appoint an editor-in-chief
Word family
Common mistakes
editor-in-chiefs→editors-in-chief
an editor-in-chief→editor-in-chief / the editor-in-chief
Say it for a higher band
5editor→6managing editor→7+editor-in-chief
Synonyms
editor
Easily confused
columnist
“The columnist wrote a scathing article about the city's transport policy.”
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