Was he, say, a rewrite man who polished what Russell handed in?
From the cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com
It reminded me of my days as a college-boy rewrite man in the Hearst empire, taking dictation from the old-time Hearst legmen.
From the bostonherald.com
Later, as a $10,000-a-year rewrite man on the general-news desk of U.P.I.'s Washington bureau, he handled the nation's top political stories with speed and accuracy.
From the time.com
He has a nuts-and-bolts knowledge of journalism, acquired in jobs ranging from rewrite man on the Wall Street Journal to publisher of a suburban New York weekly.
From the time.com
The story was pieced together by an experienced team of four investigative reporters, and one young rewrite man who infiltrated the Chicago board of election commissioners.
From the time.com
The director realized that, with one man against the army, the rewrite was a suitable metaphor for his film's theme of a man defying odds to do the impossible and conquer death.
From the en.wikipedia.org
She persuades Harold to have a read, and when he confirms her suspicions about the script she insists he's the man to do a rewrite.
From the orlandosentinel.com
With arguably the sport's greatest ever sprinter Usain Bolt on a one-man mission to rewrite the history books, it looks likely the fastest men that follow him will need to be even more extraordinary.
From the guardian.co.uk
Blamire left in 1976, when Michael Bates fell ill shortly before filming of the third series, requiring Clarke to hastily rewrite the series with a new third man.