12 October 2015
"Editor" has probably been the most common job title in publishing, but we're increasingly an endangered species. Publishers are eliminating editors in favor of project managers, content coordinators, digital gurus, etc. - and, of course, an army of freelancers.
This is a profound mistake, one that could lead to the end of publishing as we currently understand it - although, ironically, it would hardly mean the end of the editor.
