rewrite man

Now and then the rewrite man broke into the narrative to ask a question.

While she could give the facts to a rewrite man it would take him some time to get the article into shape.

Without the aid of later facts the rewrite man can only select a new feature and revise the old facts.

If ever it reached Riverview a Star rewrite man could enlarge it to at least a column.

But maybe I'd just be a rewrite man, or in the slot, writing heads, or copyreading.