Articles
An Article is the cornerstone of the NewsTeam platform. Articles are created in Buckets, organized into Feeds, and published across Sites.
Article Builder
Section titled “Article Builder”NewsTeam includes an intuitive WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) article builder. This lets writers and editors create stories in a visual, drag-and-drop interface, without dealing with code.
Articles can include:
- Text (headings, paragraphs, lists)
- Media (images, video, audio)
- Quotes and related articles
- Interactive and embedded elements
The builder is designed to be flexible so teams can focus on storytelling while keeping layouts consistent.
Widget System
Section titled “Widget System”Articles are built from a widget system. Widgets are reusable blocks that can represent both basic elements and third-party embeds.
Examples include:
- Core widgets: Text, Images, Quotes, Related Articles
- Social embeds: YouTube, Meta (Facebook/Instagram), X (formerly Twitter), TikTok
- Interactive tools: Google Maps, Infogram, Giphy, Scribd, Issuu, Chartblocks
Widget Metadata
Section titled “Widget Metadata”Each widget can also have its own metadata. This includes both provider-level data (e.g. the ID or caption from YouTube) and enriched metadata you add yourself.
For example:
- A social post embed can be tagged with Mentioned Entities, such as the people in the post or the company referenced.
- A video can carry structured metadata about its subject matter, location, or participants.
This makes even embedded or external content searchable, reusable, and context-rich.
Metadata at the Article Level
Section titled “Metadata at the Article Level”Beyond widgets, each article supports detailed metadata configuration. This includes:
- SEO and discovery (keywords, synopsis, social text)
- Tagging and organization (topics, groups, buckets, placements)
- Attribution: link directly to creators (authors, photographers, videographers, and more)
- Sponsorship: connect articles to sponsors for branded or partner content
- Content policy: attach a paywall or access policy so entitlements can unlock protected content
- Geolocation (geo-tagging for location-based stories)
- Mentioned Entities: People, companies, organizations, or other entities referenced in the story. These can be extracted automatically or added manually to give readers more context.
Collaboration and Audit Trail
Section titled “Collaboration and Audit Trail”Articles are being integrated with NewsTeam’s Messaging & Activity system, but this area is still early.
Today, messaging is basic and does not yet include richer collaboration patterns such as entity mentions. The longer-term goal is contextual discussion directly around the article, with more complete activity history and collaboration tools as the module matures.
Revisions System
Section titled “Revisions System”NewsTeam already creates revisions as articles move through production, and those revisions can be viewed and rolled back.
The surrounding UI and workflow are still being developed, so this should currently be understood as an in-progress foundation rather than a finished versioning experience.
The intended direction includes:
- View earlier versions of the article at different stages of drafting or editing
- Compare revisions to see what changed over time
- Roll back to a previous version if needed
Over time, revisions will provide a clearer and more polished way to understand change history and recover earlier states during the editorial process.
Data-Rich Content Model
Section titled “Data-Rich Content Model”Our goal is to provide the most data-rich representation of an article available in publishing today. NewsTeam is not just storing the minimum metadata needed to make a website work.
Instead, we deeply tag and structure every element of a story:
- Language
- Location
- Entities (people, companies, organizations, events)
- Widget-level metadata
- Cross-links to creators, sponsors, and related content
- Revisions, activity, and audit history
This ensures that no matter what product you want to build — a website, an app, a smart assistant, or something entirely new — NewsTeam has the structured data “pipes” to support it.