editor
An editor (abbreviated mostly ed. In singular and plural, rarely ed. ) Is a person or group of people who prepares literary, journalistic or scientific texts or works by authors and artists for publication ( edition ). The publisher occupies a special position, as he is also supposed to shape and represent the appearance of the respective publisher's product, be it a newspaper , magazine or scientific work, and guarantee its quality through his person or personality . He selects the contributions to be edited. He often also contributes articles or contributions to the respective works himself. A distinction is made between the publisher of a book and that of a newspaper or magazine.
Newspaper or magazine publisher
In a newspaper or magazine publisher, the editor determines the journalistic guidelines together with the publisher . Together with the editor-in-chief , he monitors the implementation of this guideline in the publisher's products. He is usually the link or mediator between management and editorial teams . He develops journalistic concepts and is a consultant to the publisher. However, he has no influence on the day-to-day work of the editorial staff of magazines or newspapers.
In terms of press law , the publisher - unlike, for example, the editor-in-chief or the publisher, who is jointly responsible for the published content within the framework of distributors' liability - is of no importance. The designation can also be used purely symbolically.
Only the editors at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung are also the editors-in- chief of the paper.
Prominent publishers of newspapers and magazines
There are prominent examples of newspaper and magazine publishers in German and Austrian media history. The publisher and almost sole author of the Viennese weekly newspaper Die Fackel was Karl Kraus from 1899–1936 . The publisher of the weekly magazine Die Schaubühne and Die Weltbühne were the founder Siegfried Jacobsohn from 1905 to 1926, and Carl von Ossietzky from 1926 to 1933 . The founder Rudolf Augstein was both publisher (1947–2002) and editor-in-chief of the world-renowned political magazine Der Spiegel . After his death, the position of editor was not filled; Augstein is still listed in the imprint as the editor with the addition of his lifetime (1923–2002). From 1973 to 2002, one of the editors of the weekly Die Zeit was Marion Gräfin Dönhoff , who was also known as a book author. With the Federal Chancellor a. D. Helmut Schmidt ordered the time 1983-2015 a publisher with an international reputation. Also Kai Diekmann , 2004-2017 editor of the daily image , became prominent in this function.
Book publisher
The editor can be a manager or a specialist of the publisher , but he is usually not directly connected to the company. The publisher often engages external experts who are considered competent or sales-promoting in the subject area of the title to be published. The reverse procedure is also possible: an expert in a subject area suggests a publication idea to the publisher, sometimes also a few authors , and selects the appropriate texts. In this sense, he is also responsible for the compiled work and is also rated as such by public criticism (e.g. in the media).
In the scientific field particularly be Proceedings , fixed and memory writings published by a group of publishers. In the case of congress acts, the organizers of the respective conferences and their research assistants usually act as editors, in the case of commemorative and commemorative writings, people who are personally connected to the recipient, such as their academic students, act as editors.
literature
- Edigna Menhard, Tilo Treede: The magazine: from the idea to the marketing . UVK-Verlagsgesellschaft, Konstanz 2004, ISBN 3-89669-413-8 .
- Julia Körner: The editor of newspapers, magazines and books . Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 978-3-631-39717-6 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Der Spiegel, imprint for the 2017/43 edition (currently at the time of access, October 25, 2017)