SSOC 2024 unit
Manufacturing Verified · 21 Mar 202426422
Editor (news/periodicals)
Editor (news/periodicals) selects, revises and arranges material for publication in newspapers and periodicals. He/she allots assignments to reporters, correspondents and photographers. He/she appraises reports, commentaries and photographs submitted and selects them for publication. He/she also assigns writing of editorials and leading articles to specialist writers. He/she examines and revises material for conformity with established policy and literary standards of publishers.
Level
unit
Mapped ISCO
1
Source
SingStat
In this unit group: sibling units
Official data
| Official name | Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024) |
| Issuing authority | Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) |
| Tax authority | Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS) |
| Purpose | Classifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting. |
| Active version | SSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024) |
| Hierarchy level | Unit (final leaf, 5-digit) |
| Source | https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic |
| Prior versions | SSIC 2020, SSIC 2015 |
Definition & tasks
Editor (news/periodicals) selects, revises and arranges material for publication in newspapers and periodicals. He/she allots assignments to reporters, correspondents and photographers. He/she appraises reports, commentaries and photographs submitted and selects them for publication. He/she also assigns writing of editorials and leading articles to specialist writers. He/she examines and revises material for conformity with established policy and literary standards of publishers.
Tasks
No tasks listed.
Examples
Under this unit
• Fashion editor • Newspaper editor • Newspaper editor-in-chief • Sub-editor (news/periodicals)
Elsewhere
• Book editor, see 26415 • Photo-journalist, see 34310 • Television/Motion picture camera operator, see 35213
Hierarchy context
Major group
2 PROFESSIONALSMinor group
264 AUTHORS, JOURNALISTS AND EDITORSUnit group
2642 JournalistsCorrespondence tables
SSOC 2020
- 26422 — Editor (news/periodicals)
ISCO-08
- 2642 — Journalists
Alphabetical index entries
Data source: Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic). Official SSOC 2024 workbooks.
Last refresh: 21 Mar 2024. Version: SSOC 2024.