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). 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:
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.
Specify all appropriate form boxes. The form is divided into four logical steps:
Select the news item's media type (Text, Photo or Graphic).
The boxes in section Step 2: Upload Content update according to your selection.
Specify the news item's details in each of the following sections:
(Not available for text stories)
Specify the image's file path. Click Browse to select the image from your personal computer or shared drive. The image's path populates in the Upload box.
The maximum upload file size is 4 MB.
File formats:
Photos - JPEG
For photos, you may optionally select the photo's Color scheme (Example: Greyscale) and the Scene view (Example: Headshot).
Graphics - JPEG, PDF, EPS, Adobe Illustrator (AI), Freehand 9 (FH9), MS Excel (XLS), MS Word (DOC)
These details are pre-populated for you based on your organization's profile information. You cannot edit this information.
The Dateline box (Examples: PANAMA CITY, Florida or PARIS, France) is required for publishing. All other boxes are optional.
The Headline box (Example: FDA investigates possible cancer link with parabens) is required for saving and publishing. All other boxes are optional.
Slugline, Format, Priority and Other Information
The Copyright box (Example: California Mountain Times) is required for publishing. All other boxes are optional.
Special notes:
Format
The file formats allowed for uploaded content are:
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Text |
Photo |
Graphic |
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TXT |
JPEG |
JPEG EPS Adobe Illustrator (AI) Adobe Freehand 9 (FH9) Microsoft Excel (XLS) Microsoft Word (DOC) |
Story
Link
If your news item appears on your organization's news Web site, specify
the URL required to access it.
Publish Date
Select Now to publish the story
immediately; otherwise, specify a publish date (enter it in MM/DD/YYYY
format or select it from the calendar) and time (slide the Time
scale or specify the time in HH:MM AM/PM
format).
The Byline box (Example: Jane Stevenson) is required. Specify the news item's author (creator) and their job title.
All boxes are optional. Specify the e-mail address and phone number of the person who created this news item.
This box is optional. Enter a brief description of the story or image.
Use the Notes box to enter any editor's notes or special instructions (Example: **Restrict to Florida members**).
This box is required for publishing only. Enter the full story or complete image caption.
If you submitted previous stories, AP Exchange maintains a history of your entries and selections for many boxes.
Step 3: Send to All U.S. Newspapers?
Select one or more distribution options.
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Publish nationally |
The news item is available to Marketplace users in all 50 states. The content appears under "National Marketplace" in the Marketplace pane. |
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Publish to my state |
Restricts the news item's availability to Marketplace users within your state. The content appears under "State Marketplace" in the Marketplace pane. |
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Publish to your group |
Restricts the news item's availability to Marketplace users within your group (newspaper consortium). The content appears under "My Group" in the Marketplace pane. |
All national, state and group content appears under "Marketplace - All" in the Marketplace pane.
Although we hope that you share your content broadly, you can also restrict access to certain news organizations. Select the organizations within your state that should not access your news item.
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You are not allowed to restrict specific out-of-state organizations. If you want to restrict an out-of-state organization, you must restrict all of them. See Step 3: Send to All U.S. Newspapers? |
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Do this... | ||||
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Find specific organizations |
Specify a full or partial organization name in the Paper Name box. As you begin typing the name, the results update to display only organizations that match your entered term.
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Restrict organizations from accessing your item |
Select their check boxes. The selected organizations appear under the Papers Outed section. An "Outed" organization cannot access your content. | ||||
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Page through your results (for states with many news organizations) |
Click a page navigation button
The navigation buttons and Page menu do not appear if the number of results can fit on one page. | ||||
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Change the number of entries per page |
Select your desired page length (5, 10, 20, 50 or 100) from the Page size menu. | ||||
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Refresh your results |
Click | ||||
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Remove Outed organizations |
Individual
organizations: Click All organizations: Click Clear All. | ||||
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Sort the results |
Click the Newspaper heading.
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Perform ONE of the following actions:
To save your news item without publishing it:
Click Save. A warning message appears.
Click OK. AP Exchange automatically directs you to the Contribution Lineup page. Saved items appear in the Not Yet Published Documents section.
To publish your news item to the Marketplace:
Click Publish. A 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 section.
To 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.
or select a page number from the 
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beside the organization's name.
