0 a person who checks and makes changes to texts, especially for a newspaper, in order to prepare them to be published:
1 someone whose job is to check and correct writing, especially articles in a newspaper, before it is printed
We sometimes worked almost till midnight, with a sub-editor, to get out the next edition of the paper.
Throughout this period he continued to work Saturday-night shifts at the Sunday Mirror as a sub-editor.
A subeditor checks the text for accuracy, consistency and conformation to house style.
I think a certain sub-editor must be pushing his luck.
By forcing the absolute beginner to print to hard copy, by showing you how to edit, it is like giving you a sub-editor on a disc.
Then the available news goes to a sub-editor for compilation into a bulletin.
It is not just the whim or custom of a reporter or sub-editor.
A woman news sub-editor is a rarity even to-day.
