Editorial Desk

The Editor records an assignment with an edition date, desk, story title, reporter, deadline and status. The Reporter then works from the assignment instead of relying on a separate message to know which edition needs the story. A desk can see which assignments are still assigned, drafting or editing, and which have reached approval or publication.

For a local news edition, enter the edition date and the desk that will handle the story. Pick the Reporter from the people directory and set a deadline early enough for editing. The assignment is a desk record. The related content item carries its own owner, project, due date and publication lifecycle. Agree how your team names both records so a desk assignment can be followed through to its story without treating them as the same table.

• Edition date. Assignments belong to a particular print date so the Editor can review the day’s desk load.
• Reporter. The Reporter reference makes responsibility explicit and lets the desk identify that person’s work on the assignment board.
• Status. Assigned, drafting, editing, approved and published show progress on the desk record.

The capture workflow checks the edition date, desk, title, reporter, deadline and status. It resolves the reporter and linked assignment before saving a business-eligible status. Repeated submissions are handled as retries, while rejected or conflicting requests remain distinct. These checks matter when assignments arrive through a custom page as well as when a record is created in the app.

Choose consistent desk names and decide when an assignment should be moved to drafting. Agree whether the Editor or Reporter updates each desk state. Confirm that every reporter has a person record connected to the intended user. Use a deadline convention that leaves time for file review, rights checking and layout before the edition date.

The desk status is useful for planning, but final publication belongs to the content item’s approved-to-published path. The Editor should review both records during handoff. An assignment marked approved means the desk has accepted that stage; the exact file revision still needs its own approval before publication.

Assign a Reporter to a local council story for a Friday edition. Give the story a deadline before layout begins. Have the Reporter open Assignment Board, find their story, confirm the desk and deadline, and move the assignment into drafting. The Editor opens Assignment Board to see the story alongside other work. Record the corresponding content item under the right edition project and follow it into review.

Try a repeated capture with the same business request. The result should refer to the accepted assignment rather than create duplicate desk work. If the reporter or date is wrong, correct the record through the agreed desk procedure before the assignment is treated as publishable work.

• Assignment Board — Scan desk stories by status and reporter.
• Staff Directory — Check the reporter’s person record and linked user.
• Content Pipeline — Follow the corresponding story through editorial review.

Use desk to review for the working sequence and content approval for the revision decision.