Editors' Guide: Ideas
Story ideas are published (behind a firewall) here. Take a look.
To add one:
In the CMS, click Publish (tab)-> Ideas
Give your idea a title. The CMS will automatically create a title for the URL that looks similar.
Type a (short) description of your idea.
Leave the Deadline field blank until it is approved and assigned.
Leave the Priority field blank until it is approved and assigned.
Leave the Workflow Progress field at "In Progress" until we either publish the story or we kill the idea.
Click the Categories tab and click at least one item from each of the three categories (but don't click the category names themselves).
On a Mac, hold the Command key to multiple-select, on a PC hold the Control key.
To Assign Reporters (the Assignment Editor will do this):
- On the Publish page, you'll see a tab called "Assign Reporters." Click it.
- Type the name of the person you want to add in the "Browse Authors" field. Click "Search."
- Click on it when it appears below. It should move to the second column.
- To make this person the lead reporter (and make their name appear first in the byline), click the radio button beside their name in the second column.
- To remove the person, click the name in the second column.
- Click "Update" (not "Quick Save") when you want to save. "Quick Save" (for simple text edits on the page) will not make the addition.