Access the Statewide Newsroom Application

Overview

The Oregon Statewide Newsroom application enables authors with permissions to create news articles for publication on the Oregon Newsroom page as well as on individual Oregon.gov sites where the articles are targeted to the agency, board or commission that posted the articles. The newsroom application is not part of SharePoint and requires no SharePoint permissions to work with.  It is ancillary to Oregon.gov websites which is why this article and video are included here.

The Newsroom integrates with SharePoint at the Statewide Newsroom page (https://www.oregon.gov/newsroom/Pages/newsroom.aspx) and at any Oregon.gov web site where the Newsroom web part is employed.

Notes

• The Newsroom application access requires manager approval and editor level permission in Data.oregon.gov for authentication.
• The Newsroom is a custom application outside of SharePoint so that all Oregon Government entities have the ability to contribute to and consume the contents therein.
• You'll note that there are three components that work together to complete the Statewide Newsroom functionality. Gaining Access, Posting News Articles and Using the Newsroom Web Part in an Oregon.gov Web Page. This subject is presented in this way to maintain short video lengths and accomodate those users that may have different situations regarding Data.oregon.gov, the Newsroom app and their agency site collection.

Jump to the 'Gaining Access to the Newsroom Application' section of this page.

Jump to the 'Using the Newsroom Application' section of this page.

Navigate to the 'Using the Newsroom Web Part' page.

Gaining Access to the Newsroom Application

Notes

• This requires a data.oregon.gov account with editor permissions.  Manager or supervisor permission is required.
• This portion of the article discusses gaining access to the Oregon Newsroom Application. 

Video - Newsroom application access

This video is three minutes long.

Quick Steps

1. Create a data.oregon.gov account
2. Submit an Oregon E-Government Service Desk ticket requesting Newsroom access
3. Obtain manager's approval via messaging in ticket
4. Wait for confirmation from the service desk that the account was found and granted permissions
5. Use your data.oregon.gov credentials to login and use the Newsroom application

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Using the Statewide Newsroom Application

This portion of the article discusses the use of the Oregon Newsroom Application. The newsroom application is not part of SharePoint and requires no SharePoint permissions to complete. It is ancillary to Oregon.gov websites which is why this article and video are included here.

Notes

• It can take a few minutes for a new article or an edit to an article to show up in the application.  Please do not immediately re-post a new article or an edit as this can cause duplication and confusion for visitors to the public newsroom site.
• Duplicate articles in the newsroom cannot be immediately deleted.  See the notes below for the case of an accidental duplication.

Video - Using the Statewide Newsroom Application

This video is six minutes long.

Quick Steps

1. Navigate to The Newsroom
2. Choose the agency or entity if more than one are available to you
3. Choose to add a new article or open an existing article for editing
4. Fill in the information as needed
5. Click 'Submit'

Now wait for a while to check your additions or edits. Remember, duplicate entries cannot be removed as of yet.

Mistakes or Duplicates

• Mistakes - If a mistake is made, the article can be edited by following the instructions as described. There is no need to create a new article if a mistake is made on one.
• Duplicates - If a duplicate is entered, it cannot be removed at this time. The best solution is to change the publish date to a far future date and then enter a ticket to the Oregon E-Government Service desk describing the article to be removed. When it becomes possible, the service desk will remove the article from the application.

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Help

For questions or assistance on this or other Oregon E-Government topics, please reach out to the Oregon E-Gvoernment Service Desk using the link below.