Central desk editors’ perception in traditional and digital Egyptian media of journalistic jobs and standards and their reflection on their professional performance.

The study aims to: “Identify the work environment of central desk editors in traditional and digital Egyptian media. The study relied on a media survey approach to survey a deliberate sample of (86) central desk editors in traditional Egyptian media: (which includes newspapers), and digital: which includes (agency). Middle East News - satellite channels website - websites and electronic portals. Data collection was based on questionnaires (paper and electronic) and unstructured interviews. The study reached a set of results, the most notable of which are: that the central desk editor is male, aged between 25 and less than 50 years old, with 5 to 15 years of professional experience in journalistic and media work. He holds a high qualification, specializing in media. He works 8 hours, five working days a week. His most important jobs are “ensuring the suitability of the material for publication and its compatibility with the editorial policy” and “drafting.” Carefully reviewing news that affects national security and military institutions, he relies on “computers of all kinds” in addition to “the Internet and search engines” in performing his work, which requires skills topped by “experience” and “writing, summarizing, extracting information, checking it, and linking it.” “Ensuring the sources of topics, and that published materials are free of anything that conflicts with society’s traditions and religious principles” is the most important professional and ethical standard, and the most important difficulty was “sitting for long hours in front of devices and its health risks.”