Definitions for rewrite man
re·write man

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. redact, redactor, reviser, rewriter, rewrite mannoun

   someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication

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1. Rewrite man

   The rewrite man (rewrite person) is a newspaper reporter who works in the office, not on the street, taking information reported by others and crafting it into stories. It is rarely used as an actual title. The term rewrite man is something of a misnomer. Rewrite men or women do not just "rewrite"; they take notes gathered by on-the-scene-reporters, information gathered by telephone, or from wire services or clippings from other newspapers, and write articles. Sometimes an entire front page, with bylines from several different reporters, will have actually been written by a single rewrite man working with an editor. The job has lost much of its importance due to technology that allows reporters to write and transmit articles from the field. In the pre-computer days of newspaper work, however, it was vital. At the most extreme example, reporters on deadline would telephone into the newsroom and dictate their notes to an editor – hence the movie cliché of reporters rushing to telephone booths and shouting "Get me rewrite!" into the phone. Rewrite men are common at large national magazines, where reporters handle the reporting of the story while a writer takes the material and writes the actual article. In this case, the reporter will put all the information and quotes gathered into a multipage file which is then given to the writer. In cases of a story in several areas, several reporters will give their files to the writer. The article which is written has all of the information and observations by the reporter(s). People Magazine stories are written in this format with field reporters doing the reporting and New York based writers writing the pieces. Time magazine also used to engage rewrite men almost exclusively, although it has all but abandoned the practice as of its 2008 redesign.

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1. rewrite man

   A rewrite man is a journalist or individual who professionally revises and rewrites news stories or articles to ensure clarity, accuracy, and conformity to editorial style. This person can also be responsible for transforming raw information, such as reporters' notes or disorganized content, into engaging and comprehensible stories or articles.

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1. Rewrite man

   The rewrite man is a newspaper reporter who works in the office, not on the street, taking information reported by others and crafting it into stories. It is rarely used as an actual title. The term rewrite man is something of a misnomer. Some are women, of course. Rewrite men do not just "rewrite". They take notes gathered by on-the-scene-reporters, information gathered by telephone, or from wire services or clippings from other newspapers, and write articles. Sometimes an entire front page, with bylines from several different reporters, will have actually been written by a single rewrite man working with an editor. The job has lost much of its importance due to technology that allows reporters to write and transmit articles from the field. In the pre-computer days of newspaper work, however, it was vital. At the most extreme example, reporters on deadline would telephone into the newsroom and dictate their notes to an editor - hence the movie cliché of reporters rushing to telephone booths and shouting "Get me rewrite!" into the phone. Rewrite men are common at large national magazines, where reporters handle the reporting of the story while a writer takes the material and writes the actual article. In this case, the reporter will put all the information and quotes gathered into a multipage file which is then given to the writer. In cases of a story in several areas, several reporters will give their files to the writer. The article which is written has all of the information and observations by the reporter. People Magazine stories are written in this format with field reporters doing the reporting and New York based writers writing the pieces. Time magazine also used to engage rewrite men almost exclusively, although it has all but abandoned the practice as of its 2008 redesign.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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