Contributing Marketplace News

The Contribute Story page is a form used to specify a news item's format, metadata, and story/caption information. Your published content is available to other Marketplace users, nationally (from the 50 states), statewide and within your group (consortium of related newspapers), as well as to AP Editors. However, you can restrict specific organizations within your state from accessing your content.

Unlike AP content, Marketplace content is available in AP Exchange for up to one year.

To create a news item:

  1. Click Manage in the Navigation bar; then click Contribute under the Marketplace heading at left.
    Result:
    The Contribute Story page appears. Required boxes are highlighted in pink or green.

  1. Specify all appropriate form boxes. The form is divided into four logical steps:

    1. Step 1: Choose Format

      Select the news item's media type (Text, Photo or Graphic).

      The boxes in section Step 2: Upload Content update according to your selection.

If you submitted previous stories, AP Exchange maintains a history of your entries and selections. In addition, when you submit subsequent stories, AP Exchange automatically populates the news delivery and restriction settings with your previous selections.

Note: Any IPTC metadata associated with a contributed photo is populated into the Contribute Story page. Any confirmed metadata changes made via this page will overwrite the photo's IPTC metadata.

  1. Perform ONE of the following actions:

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Save your news item without publishing it

Click Save. When the warning message appears, click OK.

AP Exchange automatically directs you to the Contribution Lineup page. Saved items appear in the Not Yet Published Documents tab.

Publish your news item to the Marketplace

Click Publish. When the warning message appears, click OK.

Your news item is now available to members via the Marketplace portlet. In addition, AP Exchange automatically directs you to the Contribution Lineup page. Published items appear in the Published Documents tab.

Preview your news item

Click Preview. Your news item displays in a separate preview window. You can click Preview at any time during news creation.