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EDITOR

Total Donated

$12,055,499

Contributions

72,579

Unique Donors

1,922

Donors who entered EDITOR as occupation account for $12,055,499 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s index of FEC.gov files. That sum sits on 72,579 contributions from 1,922 donor records. Editor here is the occupation string as typed, not a masthead census. In compact millions the occupation total is $12.1 million.

Key figures

  • EDITOR occupation itemizations sum to $12,055,499 from 72,579 contributions and 1,922 donors.
  • Mean amounts are about $166 per contribution and about $6,272 per donor record.
  • The word is donor-typed Form 3/3X text, not a verified masthead roster.
  • Industry pages are a separate employer-side cut and should not be added to this total.

Many schedules, a small per-line mean

$12,055,499, 72,579 itemizations, and 1,922 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $166. Mean dollars per donor record are about $6,272. Repeat giving is about 38 itemizations per donor record.

72,579 lines from 1,922 records is a high-repeat publishing-title stack. The $166 per-line mean is arithmetic on that volume, not a typical freelance invoice redirected to politics.

The packet has no print-versus-digital split, no employer field, and no median gift. A few large itemizations can lift the average while most lines remain smaller.

EDITOR is not a newsroom roster

The FEC record does not verify that the donor edits books, magazines, film, or web copy. Film editors, copy editors, and people using the word loosely can all appear. Best-efforts rules do not force a controlled vocabulary.

This page cites only $12,055,499, 72,579 contributions, and 1,922 donors. WRITER, PRODUCER, and JOURNALIST — if those strings exist as separate keys — are not rolled into this total unless the bulk extract normalized them to EDITOR.

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Questions

How much have editor-occupation donors given in FEC data?
The EDITOR occupation string is attached to $12,055,499 across 72,579 contributions and 1,922 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of working editors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Does EDITOR include film editors and copy editors?
The string matches whatever donors typed. The FEC does not split book, news, or film editing. This page covers EDITOR: $12,055,499, 72,579 contributions, and 1,922 donors. Check the occupations index for neighboring media strings. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules.
What is the average editor contribution?
Dividing $12,055,499 by 72,579 itemizations yields about $166 per contribution. Dividing by 1,922 donors yields about $6,272 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 38 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Does listing editor prove the donor works at a news outlet?
No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify employer or medium. Quote 72,579 contributions and 1,922 donor records with the $12,055,499 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Occupation is self-reported on FEC Form 3/3X itemizations. Indexed on LobbyVault from FEC bulk data.

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