What does a reality TV 'editor' do?

What does a reality TV 'editor' do?

Richard Hall (Reality TV Producer) gives expert video advice on: What does a reality TV 'casting producer' do?; What does reality TV 'art department' do? and more...

The editors in reality TV are more important than ever. I think they are more important in reality TV than in any other format. There is so much tape shot that very few people can really spend the time to go through the tape as closely as editors do. Because of the way we organize things digitally, in non-linear systems, they have great shortcuts that they can use to put scenes together correctly.