Users & Permissions
Users are the people who have access to your organization. You can invite new users, control what they can see and do, and assign them to specific areas of the platform.
The NewsTeam permission system is designed to be granular and flexible. Access can be granted at almost any level:
- To a single article or asset.
- To an entire bucket.
- To a feed or even a specific branch of the feed tree.
- To a whole site or the entire organization.
This flexibility allows you to mirror the exact structure and workflow of your newsroom.
Permissions are role-based, and the main roles include:
- Viewer — Can view content but cannot make changes.
- Editor — Can create and edit content within their assigned areas.
- Admin — Can manage users, permissions, and all entities within their scope.
By combining scope (what the user has access to) with role (what they can do), you can configure precise permission models.
Examples
Section titled “Examples”- A freelance photographer may have Editor access to a single Bucket where they upload images.
- A politics desk editor could have Editor access to the Politics Feed branch but no access to Sports.
- An organization-wide administrator has Admin access across all entities.
Future: Teams
Section titled “Future: Teams”A future update will introduce Teams, making it easier to group users and assign shared permissions. This will simplify managing large newsrooms by applying consistent roles and access controls across departments or desks.
In summary: NewsTeam’s permission system is granular, role-based, and flexible. You can grant access at any level — from a single article up to the entire organization — and combine this with role-based permissions to support any newsroom structure.