WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rewrite man
    n 1: someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
         [syn: redact, redactor, reviser, rewriter, rewrite
         man]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "rewrite man":
   city editor, columnist, copy chief, copy editor, copyman,
   copyreader, correspondent, cub reporter, diaskeuast, editor,
   editorial writer, feature editor, foreign correspondent, gazetteer,
   interviewer, journalist, leader writer, leg man, managing editor,
   news editor, newsman, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter,
   own correspondent, paragrapher, paragraphist, pressman, publicist,
   reader, reporter, reviser, rewriter, slotman, sob sister,
   special correspondent, sports editor, subeditor,
   war correspondent