The M.E. is more of a copy editor than a manager. The Kansan is really small. The two copy editors are there because they have the background. In fact, it is my belief that if they could hire two parttime high schoolers, they would. Copy editors and reporters rarely communicate, which is odd because we are so small.
Reporters complain among themselves, as do copy editors.
The copy editors handle pagination of the entire paper. Other papers, or out of the profession. One person stayed 20 years, but after that, the two-person desk gets two new people about every year. We then print in three sections for cut and paste. Ads are done on AdCreator.