Assist your editor in the duties detailed below and be familiar with your editor’s responsibilities. This includes writing headlines and stories if required. He/she will also discuss topics and ideas with the Opinions Editor in order to generate possible unsigned editorial topics. EDITOR DUTIES: Responsible for all content. Generates story and review ideas, edits copy for section, assigns stories and reviews, write stories, manages staff writers, designs and lays out pages, designs calendar of events and plans copy, graphics and photos at least two weeks in advance.