editor in chief

noun phrase

: an editor who heads an editorial staff

Examples of editor in chief in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Laurie Orlando, who has supervised talent recruitment and strategy at CBS News for nearly a decade, is leaving the Paramount Skydance operation — the latest of the news division’s senior executives to exit as the parent company overhauls its operations under an iconoclastic new editor in chief. —Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025

Her exit follows others in the news division under new owners Skydance-Paramount and a new boss, Bari Weiss, named editor in chief of the news division last month. —Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025

Another winner will be Sara Moonves, editor in chief of W, who will receive The Media Award in honor of Eugenia Sheppard. —Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025

The former vice president and 2024 presidential candidate sat down with Fortune editor in chief Alyson Shontell on Day 2 of the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit to discuss her new book, the future of the Democratic party, and her 107-day race for president that ended in defeat. —Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for editor in chief

• beef
• brief
• fief
• grief
• leaf
• lief
• reef
• reif
• seif
• sheaf
• thief
• belief