Creating news articles

Don't

• use intensively labelled diagrams.
• use multiple graphs.
• use obscure objects.
• people looking away from camera.

Do

• use group portraits, for example, people displaying awards.
• use portraits, including research action shots.
• use close ups of equipment or experiments.
• use the Asset Library
• use a simple diagram or graph.
• use images people can relate to.

Find out more about taking or finding good images for online content.

1. Add a headline (max 80 characters) and summary (max 150 characters):

2. Add a teaser (max 25 characters) this can appear on your image, in the latest news sidebar or in the columns: 

3. Add an image, varying sizes are used across the site:

4. The image crop tool requires you to upload only one photo, but you must use that one image to create all the varying thumbnails, use the blue arrows to move through each screen:  

5. Add the authors name.

1. Select a category to determine where your article will appear on the main News site:

2. Select a subcategory and add tags:

3. Select if the article is a news story or a feature (features are normally longer pieces of writing):

1. Nominate related College stories:

3. Add related multimedia, like videos:

4. Add media mentions:

1. Add a publish date and time:2. Add funders and supporters: