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How to use the publishing system                          Newsmedianews style sheet   

System Features:

•  Short and full length article showing
•  picture upload
•  file upload (link to file automatically created in story)
•  Full formatting
•  Instant or date specific publishing
•  Articles can be filed for editorial approval

You can either register as a user or file news as a guest.

To file news, follow the instructions below:

1. Decide which country or category your news is relevant to

2. Filing News
If you are not a registered user, your login username is the country or topic you are filing news under. For example, if you are filing news to the Caribbean news page, your username would be Caribbean and your password Caribbean. Similarly, to file news to a special category such as Human Rights, your username will be Human Rights and your password Human Rights. Your guest password to log in for any country or category is always the name of the country or category. Logging in as a guest will mean you will be restricted to filing your news only to the category or countries assigned to the category in which you have logged into. For example, logging in as a guest to file news to the France news page will afford you the option of also chosing other European countries assigned to the same news block as France. Registered journalists are able to file news to any category including special categories such as Opinion.
Note that all guest user names and passwords are case sensitive, and both must exactly match the category description.

Multiple Categories
If your item is suited to other regions select the multiple category option and then tick each category. If unsure file the story as unapproved and it will then be checked by an editor.

Uploading pictures
This system permits picture uploads. You can upload a picture and insert it into your document in simple to follow steps. Please pay attention to the instructions, available on the picture upload page, when uploading pictures. Pictures can be inserted as static or clickable thumbshots or as the full image (the latter is not recommended).

Uploading files
As with pictures, you can also upload text, htm etc. files to the system. Once uploaded you are then able to insert the file into your story. This does not insert the actual file into the story — it inserts a link to the file. When the link is clicked the file opens in a new browser window.

Copying and pasting text from another program such as Word

3. Look around
When you arrive at the submit news page, be sure to familiarise yourself by exploring all of the options available on the page.
and when filing an item DON’T FORGET TO ENSURE THE RELEVANT CATEGORY OR COUNTRY IS SELECTED & SHOWING ON THE DROP DOWN MENU OR MULTIPLE CATEGORIES OR YOUR NEWS WON’T BE PUBLISHED!

To file news without using the login system click here.

News sent to the system can be published immediately; or you can
• set a specific date and time when your article will be automatically published, or
• you can publish it as a draft or unapproved article, which will notify an editor that your material requires editorial attention.
Once published, guest users are initially unable to return to and edit material, but you can contact the editor. Registered users may gain editing rights once they have been fully approved as contributors.

BECOME AN EDITOR
Registered contributors whose journalistic knowledge and skill is considered sufficient may progress to the level of editor whereby they may be granted editing rights for a particular category or categories. If you are already registered and consider you have the necessary skills and wish to become an editor please contact the site administrator.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTORS
The publishing page has two sections - short story, and full story. The short story will always appear on the selected news page, but the long story (accessed for input purposes by clicking the 'toggle full story' link on the add news page) may sometimes be automatically filed separately and is accessed through a link at the end of the short story. If your item is just a few paragraphs or so, then file it in the short story section. Otherwise, please use the short story as an introduction and place the full article in the long story section.

You are strongly advised to study the news submission guidelines before sending articles for the first time.

Items that are considered unsuitable will be removed by the editor. All items will be archived when outdated—usually on the 1st of each month—and then removed once they become fully outdated.

Please note that the guest login system does not provide a designated place for your byline (name). If you are filing news as a guest, you are encouraged to put your byline (by Your Name) in either the 'title' or the 'short story' slots on the create story page, shown in miniature below.

News system powered by CuteNews Go to the news publishing system login page now or use the login box below:   guest or registered user login (user name) (password) Subscribe to the Direct News Input newsletter

If you wish to have your own designated username and password then you can register on-line. Registering will result in your articles displaying your preferred byline. Please note that, together with huge respect to all at and associated with CuteNews who have worked tirelessly to produce all its elements, I have provided this system as a free public service for the common good and with the intention of strict adherence to the ethos of bona fide journalism, the dissemination of information, and free speech. Anyone found abusing this system will be initially warned as to their behaviour and unheeded warnings will be followed by further action. This site will not tolerate incitement towards violent behaviour, hatred or racist activity. Thank you for your interest and the best of luck! Ed.   Free journalism related PDF downloads Reporters Without Frontiers www.rsf.org Practical Guide for Journalists Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber Dissidents