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<h2 id="responsibilities">Responsibilities</h2> <p>Typical responsibilities of editors-in-chief include:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Ensuring that content is <a href="/facts/Journalistic_objectivity/xhN96P80">journalistically objective</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Fact_checking/m00tI0II">Fact-checking</a>, spelling, grammar, writing style, page design and photos</li> <li>Rejecting writing that appears to be plagiarized, <a href="/facts/Ghostwriter/Dfq31DWX">ghostwritten</a>, published elsewhere, or of little interest to readers</li> <li>Evaluating and editing content<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li>Contributing editorial pieces</li> <li>Motivating and developing editorial staff<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li>Ensuring the final draft is complete</li> <li>Handling reader complaints and taking responsibility for issues after publication</li> <li>For books and journals, cross-checking citations and examining references</li> <li>Working to advance the commercial success of the publication<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li>Position may involve recruiting, hiring and firing staff<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>In academic journals</h3> <p>The term is also applied to <a href="/facts/Academic_journals/SBI7Ue0q">academic journals</a>, where the editor-in-chief gives the ultimate decision whether a submitted manuscript will be published. This decision is made by the editor-in-chief after seeking input from <a href="/facts/Peer_review/ly6yEgcW">reviewers</a> selected on the basis of relevant expertise. For larger journals, the decision is often upon the recommendation of one of several associate editors who each have responsibility for a fraction of the submitted manuscripts.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Journalism_ethics_and_standards/KnmkMdHN">Journalism ethics and standards</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Journalistic_interventionism/tVdSfyX9">Journalistic interventionism</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Value_judgment/kmCIGPNG">Value judgment</a></li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>John La Porte Given (1907). "The Editor-in-Chief". <i>Making a Newspaper</i>. New York: H. Holt and Company. pp. 30–35.</li> <li>Nathaniel Clark Fowler (1913). "The Editor-in-Chief". <i>The Handbook of Journalism: All about Newspaper Work: Facts and Information</i>. New York: Sully and Kleinteich.</li> <li><i>The New Fowler's Modern English Usage</i> (3rd edn 1996, edited by <a href="/facts/R._W._Burchfield/s6Ihotvw">R. W. Burchfield</a>); <a href="/facts/Bryan_A._Garner/wRp0a89v">Bryan A. Garner</a>, <i>Garner's Modern American Usage</i> (2009).</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li> The dictionary definition of editor in chief at Wiktionary</li> <li> Media related to Editor-in-chief at Wikimedia Commons</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Job Responsibilities of an Editor-in-chief You Were Totally Unaware Of". CareerStint. Feb 14, 2018. Archived from the original on 2019-01-06. 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