Click CMS Desktop to reveal the dropdown menu; select Editorial > Assets.
From the top left of the large central panel, select New Asset, then Article from the dropdown menu.
The new article window appears. In Blox CMS, anything underlined in red is required information. Type the headline of the article in the Title field.
Enter your article content either by directly typing into the text box or using the Paste as Plain Text button to copy and paste from a word processor.
Use the Start Date/Time field below the text entry area to determine your article publish time.
For immediate publish: save the article when it is done (allowing for caching time).
For publishing at a future date: click the calendar icon. The article will publish automatically at the date and time set.
Set the display priority.
On the right side of the panel, there are three important tabs: Tags, Related, and Other.
To add a section: click Tags > Sections > Add.
A section is required for a story to appear on the homepage and section pages.
The Select Sections screen will pop up; you then can choose the sections of the publication to which the article is to be assigned. You can select multiple sections at one time. When you are satisfied with the sections chosen, click Add Sections. Please drag and drop to put the most specific section at the top (i.e. K-12 Education instead of News).
Add five or more keywords in addition to the slugline (i.e. #05062020slug). Click Tags > Keywords > Add.
You can click the magic wand in the article text editor on the left side to get suggested keywords based on your text.
Under the Related tab, there are child assets, sibling assets and parent assets.
To add a new asset: choose the types of assets (child, sibling, parent) first. Then click Add. Find Assets will allow you to search for existing files.
In the settings of the block, click on Appearance. Click on the arrow to see the options for additional content.
Choose the type of content and number of assets. Set the display mode as a regular vertical list.
To add additional content: click Related > Content > Add and then select the type of content. You can change the title.
Types of additional content: Bio Box, Correction, Did You Know?, Editor's Note, If You Go, Just The Facts, More Coverage, More Information, Places To Go, Pull Quotes, Sports, Story Highlights, Update
To manage the article's workflow: Choose the Other tab.
At the bottom of the screen, click Save. The View button will become active. Click View to see what your new asset will look like when published.
When satisfied with the appearance of your new article asset, click the down arrow next to Save, and select Save and Close. You can also promote it to the next step in the workflow at this point.
Answer the phone: "Columbia Missourian, this is [your name], may I help you?"
Email phone messages to reporters right away, or call the reporter yourself. DO NOT give reporters' phone numbers to sources. DOUBLE-CHECK PHONE NUMBERS AND NAMES / SPELLINGS.
Check voicemail is MSG Wait is lit.
Press the phone line, then press MSG Wait.
The passcode is 573-882-5720.
You can answer incoming calls on any newsroom phone by picking up the receiver and dialing 82.
To transfer a call:
If the call is on hold, press the phone line again to take it off hold.
Press Transfer, the 5-digit extension, then Transfer again.
Hang up the phone.
Give the caller the number to which you are transfering them in case of a problem.
2:55: Arrive a few minutes early for budget.
3:00: Budget. Take note of potential 1A stories, any editor requests, art (graphics, photos, etc.) and estimated arrival times for stories.
Right after budget: Meeting with news editors and photo editor to determine the final front page budget and clarify any questions you may have. Sketch out potential designs.
Throughout the night:
Set up Django: Open up Django (columbiamissourian.com/admin) and click on Articles. On the top right corner, click “Multi.” Set up your multiqueue with the following queues: Published, New Editor Slow, RIM Slow and Ace Hold. Keep refreshing the queues to check the status of your stories. Bookmark your multiqueue in order to keep from having to recreate it.
Open Google Docs: Open the Missourian Budget and Print Budget docs so you can see what’s slated and who’s working on what pages.
Stories are ready: Grab stories out of Django when published. Copy and paste stories onto the page from the "print no notes" page. Open up the supervising editor taglines Google Doc and replace the web tagline with the print tagline. DELETE ANY WEB LANGUAGE. You should be given information to fill out the weather information at the bottom of the page. Save early and often!
Check with photo and graphics: Talk to the photo editor and graphics editor about anything you’ll need from them. They should let you know once the art is in the server.
Slug stories: After you finish laying out the page, open Plansystem Page Info and create a new Missourian text. Slug each story package (slugs should include the date, a title and the page the story is going on. Example: 0114.firedistrict.1A).
Send to copy editors: Send the story to copy editors, and make sure to let them know when it is dispatched.
Jump stories: To make a jump: copy the leftover text from 1A and paste onto the jump page. Create jump headlines. Do not forget the jump lines and double check the page numbers.
Need more stories? Notify the news/print editor if you need another story to fill your page. The earlier you tell them, the better.
Paginate: Once stories are ready to paginate, update the links and double-check all elements on the page to make sure there are no errors. Spell check is {apple + i}.
Questions? Let the print editor or the TAs know. We are here to help!
6:00: 6 at 6. Six-minute meeting with news editors, designers and photo editor to discuss the front page, sports budget and updates on photos/graphics. You will present the page and explain what stories go where.
10:00 (9:30 on weekends): Deadline for dispatching stories to copy editors.
11:00 (10:30 on weekends): 1A should be done. Print out three proofs and give them to the news editor, design editor and TA to check for any changes.
11:15 (10:45 on weekends): Jump page should be done. Print out proofs.
11:45 (11:15 on weekends): Pages PDFd, ready to be sent to printer.
*All times are approximate, but hitting deadline is crucial.
**Don’t forget to take a 30-minute dinner break.
7:00: Arrive for your shift. Open the Print Budget Google Doc and see what’s slated. Meet with the sports TA to determine what the centerpiece is and ask any questions you may have.
Throughout the night:
Set up Django: Open up Django (columbiamissourian.com/admin) and click on Articles. On the top right corner, click “Multi.” Set up your multiqueue with the following queues: Published, New Editor Slow, RIM Slow and Ace Hold. Keep refreshing the queues to check the status of any local stories that are on the budget for the sports front. Bookmark your multiqueue in order to keep from having to recreate it.
Stories are ready: Grab stories out of Django when published. Copy and paste stories onto the page from the "print no notes" page.
AP Exchange: Get other stories and photos on your budget from apexchange.com. Username: waltermr@missouri.edu. Password: mocom.
Check with photo and graphics: Talk to the photo editor about anything you’ll need from them and any photos from AP that you need toned for print. They should let you know once the art is in the server.
Slug stories: After you finish laying out the page, open Plansystem Page Info and create a new Missourian text. Slug each story package (slugs should include the date, a title and the page the story is going on. Example: 0114.missouribasketball.1B).
Send to copy editors: Send the story to copy editors, and make sure to let them know when it is dispatched.
Jump stories: To make a jump: copy the leftover text from 1A and paste onto the jump page. Create jump headlines. Do not forget the jump lines and double check the page numbers.
Paginate: Once stories are ready to paginate, update the links and double-check all elements on the page to make sure there are no errors. Spell check is {apple + i}.
Questions? Let the print editor or the TAs know. We are here to help!
11:30-11:45 (11:00 on weekends): Jumps should be done. Print out three proofs and give them to the news editor, design editor and sports TA to check for any changes.
The sports front may be fninshed later in case of a special circumstance such as late Missouri football games, baseball games, or breaking news.
12:15 (11:45 on weekends): Pages PDFd, ready to be sent to printer.
*All times are approximate, but hitting deadline is crucial.
**Don’t forget to take a 30-minute dinner break.
The paginator will always need to create and PDF the Timeout pages. For Sunday papers Timeout will always be 8B, under Daily Sports Query. Every other day it will be 7A, under Daily News.
Open the page you would like to PDF in InDesign.
Command E.
Change “Format” field to “Adobe PDF (Print).”
Navigate to mofiles > Publications > Missourian > Missourian pages > June 2014 > 14.06.29 > B section (with current date and correct section).
In the “Save As” field, type MOMMDDDP_section_pagenumber_C with corresponding info (i.e. MO0629DP_B_8_C.pdf).
Click “Save.”
In dialog box that comes up, change the Adobe .pdf preset from [High Quality Print] to [Press Quality].
Check “View .pdf after Exporting.”
Press “Export.”
The print workflow is now tied to the website, but we obviously don’t want everything in print to go online.
When you have an item on a page that is not for web — think 1A teases, merged briefs, etc. — you will use the Print Only workflow.
It is likely that these print only items started on the page itself. You’ll want to create a new article for those items, assign a slug and add them to the Print Only workflow. This will still send them through the copy desk, but it won’t put them online.
If you have an article where you are struggling with reflows or other issues and you need to release it, you can do the same thing. Create the new article and assign it to the Print Only workflow so we don’t have duplicate stories online.
There’s a useful trick to putting together a briefs package.
First, draw your textbox that will contain all of your briefs. With the box selected, go to the asset manager. Find your first brief. Check the box that says merge and then click merge.
If there are photos with the story, make sure you don’t include them.
Repeat with the next brief until you have them all.
Another trick: If all of your briefs had the same keyword (#briefs) or were assigned to the page and available on the budget view, you can select them all (Cmd+click lets you select more than one even if they aren’t next to each other), and then a window will pop to allow you to change the order.
The briefs will come in with the correct paragraph styles and web headlines. Note that brief headlines are only two lines.
You add the byline at the end of the briefs with an em dash —. For example: — Elizabeth Stephens/Missourian or — The Associated Press. The paragraph style is Bdy-Tagline2.
The label for briefs is a snippet (Blox TCMS>Place Design Element Snippets>News Elements>Briefs label).
Once you have all your briefs setup, you’ll need to go through the steps to create a new article. Merging the assets releases them. For the workflow, you want to select "Print Only" to prevent them from publishing online.
Print corrections should follow this basic construction: "Casey Smith is an art teacher at Paxton Keeley Elementary School. An article on Page 1A Thursday incorrectly identified Smith's occupation."
Corrections never say "should have said."
Corrections run on Page 1A or, if room is needed for more, on page 2A. If there are additional corrections for Page 2A, put at the bottom of the corrections box on Page 1A: "Please see additional corrections on Page 2A."
Online corrections should follow these basic constructions:
For articles: on the article, go to the Related tab and click on Content. Add new and select Correction. Type the correction in the box.
An asterisk should be placed at the start of every correction:
*The MU mascot is a Bengal tiger. An earlier version of this article misidentified the mascot.
An asterisk also should be noted in the story immediately following the corrected copy:
The MU mascot is a Bengal* tiger.
For photos: corrected captions should be noted in the caption field:
CORRECTED CAPTION: Casey Smith loads a bag of canned goods into a truck Tuesday as part of Columbia's annual food drive. A total of 73 bags of canned goods were collected on Tuesday alone. An earlier version of this caption misstated the number of bags loaded by the city on Tuesday.
For graphics: corrections should be noted underneath the corrected graphic in the caption field:
CORRECTION: Jimmy John's is located on Broadway. An earlier version of this graphic incorrectly stated its location.
For slideshows: corrections should be noted in the description tab field and appear above the introductory paragraph for the corrected slideshow:
CORRECTION: In the fourth photo of this slideshow, Casey Smith, depicted licking an ice cream cone, is 5 years old. An earlier version of this slideshow incorrectly stated his age.
When a correction is made, add #correction in the Keywords tab of the asset.