What does “at large” mean in a title?
You will often see the title “writer at large” or “editor at large”. What exactly do those titles mean? Well, both “writer at large” and “editor at large” are titles for people who work at magazines and/or newspapers, and the “at large” portion of those titles generally means that those people do not belong to a specific department within the magazine or newspaper. Instead, people with those titles tend to write or edit different stories – not stories that belong to a specific department (like Sports or Technology). People with these titles tend to be more talented and valued, which is why they are sort of allowed more flexibility in their jobs.