AI workflows for editorial and publishing.

Running the editorial side of a publication: story briefs, corrections, recurring quality problems and the newsletter.

Who does this work

  • Managing editor
  • Copy editor
  • Newsletter editor

3 workflow templates ready to adapt, and 4 workflows identified.

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Examples of the workflows identified
  1. Brief the editor on a reader correction request
  2. Draft the newsletter roundup of selected stories
  3. Prepare a story brief from the reporting file
  4. Review recent stories for recurring editorial problemsIllustrative

The workflows identified

Marked illustrative: an example of the work, identified, with no workflow template yet.

Brief the editor on a reader correction requestGives the editor one internal note on a reader's disputed fact or missing credit, with the published passage, the evidence and the questions only an editor can answer, plus a draft acknowledgement.Workflow templateDraft the newsletter roundup of selected storiesA draft digest grouped by beat with a short summary, source line and link for each approved story, flagging duplicates and corrections.Workflow templatePrepare a story brief from the reporting fileA brief for the editor of what the reporting confirms, prior coverage, unanswered questions and a proposed structure.Workflow template
Review recent stories for recurring editorial problemsA story-by-story review of source gaps, headline or voice issues, duplicate coverage and recurring template problems.Illustrative · not built yet

Workflow templates

Newsletter roundup draftThe newsletter editor hands over the stories picked for this send and gets a draft digest grouped by beat, with a short summary, source line and link for each approved story. Duplicates, corrected stories and incomplete sources are flagged for the editor, who approves any send.Workflow templateReader correction request briefWhen a reader disputes a fact or reports a missing credit, the editor gets one internal note: the request, the published passage, the evidence supplied and the questions only an editor can answer. A draft acknowledgement waits for the audience lead's approval.Workflow templateStory brief from the reporting fileBefore a story is commissioned, the editor gets one brief from the reporting file: what the file confirms, what earlier coverage exists, what is still unanswered and a proposed structure, with every conflicting or unverified claim listed as a reporting gap.Workflow template

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