How do I check my writer's stories before they go live?

Where: Settings → Content & publishing → Review rules

Open this page: admin.<your-site>/settings/review-rules (replace <your-site> with your site address)

Before you start

• Add your team first. See Invite your team.
• A reviewer must be someone who can read other people's stories.

Steps

1. Open Settings → Content & publishing → Review rules.
2. Press New rule.
3. Under Stories by choose A role, A team member or A section.
4. Under Who or which section pick the one.
5. Under Checked by choose the reviewer.
6. If the story must also pass the legal check, tick Also needs the legal check.
7. Read the sentence at the bottom, for example "Every story by an intern must be checked by Rahul before publishing."
8. Press Add rule.

Good to know

• A story moves through these steps: draft, in review, legal check (when asked), ready, published.
• Critical topics, such as named people, elections, health and money figures, always need a person's approval as well.
• You can turn a rule Off and On again, edit it or delete it. Turning off or deleting asks you to sign in again.
• A rule shows Reviewer missing: fix this rule if the reviewer left the team or lost the permission.
• You can also ask the AI: "Every story by an intern must be checked by Rahul before publishing."

Common problems

• "Reviewer missing: fix this rule." Press Edit and choose another reviewer.
• The reviewer isn't in the list. Only people who can read other people's stories can review.
• A writer says they can't publish. That is the rule working. The reviewer needs to approve first.

Questions

Related

• Rules for risky stories
• What each person can do
• Roles explained
• Invites