Creating a Story
You can create a story in MediaCentral Cloud UX or edit a story previously created in MediaCentral Cloud UX or on local or remote Newsroom Management systems. For more information on how to edit existing stories, see
Editing a Story.
When connected to a Newsroom Management server version 4.0 or higher, you can create a new story in a queue. You can also add an external link to a story, such as a Web URL.
To create a story, the user needs to have the reorder traits set in the Newsroom Management.
To create a new story:
1. Navigate to the row in which you want the new story to be inserted in the queue.
2. Do one of the following:
Click the App Menu button located at the top right corner of the Rundown app and select Create Story.
Right-click and select Create Story.
The existing row is pushed down, and a new row is inserted in the queue at that location.
If you are in split view, you can begin writing your story; if not, open the new story.
3. Enter the name of your story in the Slug field of the Story Form.
If your Newsroom Management system is set up to display real names, the Rundown app lets users enter real names in the WRITER field of the story form. The app will then display that user’s real name instead of a log-in ID in that field as well as in the CREATE-BY, ENDORSE-BY, and MODIFY-BY fields of both the story form and queue.
4. Enter the text of your story in the first available segment.
5. Click the App Menu button located at the top right corner of the Rundown app and select Save Story to save your changes.
MediaCentral Cloud UX displays a message asking you to confirm the save operation.
- Click Save to save the story.
- Click Don’t Save to delete the new story.
- Click Cancel to make no change.
You can prevent this confirmation message and most other messages from displaying by selecting “Don’t ask to confirm actions of this type.” To display confirmation messages again, click the Rundown App Menu button and select Show All Confirmations.
To view an existing story:
Select the story in the queue you want to view. If necessary, click the Story button to display the story in the bottom half of the Rundown app.
To open an existing story in story view:
Select the story in the queue and click the Queue button.
This toggles off the display of the queue in the Rundown app and displays the story within the entire app’s space.