By “the editors” I assume you mean those who put together the historical books of the Bible.  The historical books–specifically 1&2 Kings and 1&2 Chronicles are primarily a political history of the Jews.  The prophets who are mentioned in these histories were involved in the political and religious events in the history of the Northern and Southern Kingdoms.  Consider a basic question:  Which prophets played a major role in the political history of Israel?  The examples which come to mind are Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah and Jeremiah.  All four had personal relationships and important interactions with kings of Samaria or Judah.  The other prophets did not as far as we know.  Therefore, they are not mentioned in the historical books.  This question has a rather obvious and clear answer.  Not all prophets had a significant relationship with those in political power, and therefore, not all are mentioned in the histories.  For example, it is not clear that Amos, Obadiah or Micah ever even met one of the kings of Judah or Samaria.  So, why would they be mentioned in the Kings or the Chronicles?  They would not.  This is a fairly straightforward question.

By the way, one of the “major” prophets is also not mentioned in the historical books.  That is Ezekiel.  If we look at the biography of Ezekiel, his ministry was in Babylon, not in Israel.  Ezekiel ministered to the exiles, but did not interact with the leaders of the Jewish community in Jerusalem.  Therefore, according to my response above, we would not expect to find Ezekiel in the historical books, and we do not.  This is consistent with my explanation as regards the minor prophets.

John Oakes