Opinion | Want to become a newsroom editor? Here’s how to get your first management job.

We need more creative and encouraging editors in journalism. Could you be one of them?

One of the most frequent questions I receive from mid-career journalists is about whether they should make the transition into editing and how to go about doing so.

They wonder if they will be hired despite having no management experience, if they can handle the stress of managing other people’s emotions and careers, if they will miss having a byline and being able to jump on a big story, if they will be forced to sit in meetings all day, and if this is the best way to make more money.

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