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# News app — Create and manage posts

### Overview

**News** is the organization's publication management and news feed application. It allows you to create, schedule, pin, and organize publications into sections (categories).

### Main features

#### Drafts

* Create publication drafts to prepare them before publishing
* Edit and delete existing drafts
* Share a draft with other users as a template
* Access drafts shared by others in the "Shared with" tab

#### Posts

* Publish immediately or schedule a publication for a future date/time
* Pin a publication to the top of a section (with an expiration date)
* Attach media (images, videos, PDF files) to a publication
* Add a poll (multiple-choice, anonymous or not)
* Request a read receipt and track who has confirmed reading the publication
* Generate text and images with the integrated AI assistant
* Preview an external link in the publication

#### Sections (publication categories)

* Create, edit, and delete sections
* Set a cover image and description for each section
* Manage contributors (users and communities authorized to publish)
* Configure alert frequency per section
* Filter sections by community or audience

#### Inspirations (Ideas)

* Browse a library of publication ideas
* Search for ideas by category or keyword
* Some ideas are AI-generated
* Use an idea as a starting point for a publication

### Administration features

The following features require the manager role:

* **Posts** : see all publications with their statistics (views, likes, comments)
* **Scheduled publications** : view and manage scheduled publications
* **Pinned publications** : manage featured publications, unpin them
* **Settings** : configure who can manage sections, control access to Ideas, configure alert frequency

### Navigation

The News application is accessible from the Steeple main menu. The menu sections are:

* **Categories** : home page with all sections
* **Drafts** : list of its personal drafts
* **Shared with** : drafts shared by others
* **Inspirations** : ideas library

### What the assistant can do

The assistant can hide or show the News application (called "feeds" in the API).

For publication, section, and draft management, guide the user to the News application.