Dave!

So Dave came in today to talk to us about publishing and how it works and stuff. He's done loads of freelance and in-house stuff or something so he knew his stuff.

Basically, the big cheese is the Editor. Working for him is usually a deputy editor and an art editor. Below them are the assorted section editors and below them are the general shmucks that are writing the articles and doing the work.

When the low-level monkeys have finished a document, it is sent to the production editor, who sends it to the art director, who sends it back to the production editor. It is then sent back and forth between the production editor and the editor while they argue about minor changes until they come to a compromise.

Basically:

Raw Copy -> Sub Copy -> To Art Dept. -> From Art Dept. -> To Caption Dept. -> Final Checks -> Send off.