Editorial board

Book and magazine publishers will often use their editorial boards to review or select manuscripts or articles, and sometimes to check facts.

Book publishers may also make use of editorial boards, using subject experts to select manuscripts.

Editorial boards are less common for broadcasters, as typical television news programs rarely include opinion content.

[2] In early 2023, the editorial board for The New York Times comprised 14 employees, all from its Opinion department.

The meeting was described in New York Magazine as, "8:30 event had a war-room atmosphere, with representatives of every department--editorial, publicity, sales and marketing--reporting in to Grann, who made decisions like a Mike Milken-style bond trader, constantly evaluation and re-evaluating her positions.

This is almost always an honorary position, although board members sometimes provide peer review of submissions.