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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
There are also editing jobs that don't involve books or magazines. I've posted on this before, but I'm a lawyer and almost every public document I write goes through our editing department, where it's first proofread, then read by non-legal editors, then read by legal editors. It's probably a little different than conventional editing in that I all-too-frequently learn at 5pm that I'll need to revise a document and present the new document by 9am the next day...but I get the impression that they like the challenge, and we really don't have much turnover.
I'm sure that there are other fields that require editors, too.
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Yup, there are many kinds of editing, including legal editing, financial editing and technical editing. When you watch TV news and see type crawling across your set, someone's editing that, too. People also edit closed-captioning for TV and films.
Basically, if you want to succeed in a field, it pays to know what's out there. Otherwise, you can't make informed decisions.
For instance, you can do something as basic as visiting a big job site such as Monster.com and searching for the word "editor." Instantly, you'll see a variety of editing jobs across the country. If you check often enough, you'll see what's in demand, what kinds of specific skills are required for certain types of editing, etc. That's just one nearly effortless way to find info online, for starters.
It's common sense to learn about a trade before getting into it, and to keep up as the field changes.