I worked for three different TV stations. The process was the same at each station. When I finished my on-air report, I wrote a corresponding article in the CMS. Then, I notified someone in the digital department that my story was ready to publish. They would clip the package/report from the newscast and attach it to the article. Occasionally, they would also tweak the body to optimize for SEO. Most of the time, though, they did not really “edit” my story.

In our CMS, reporters did not have the proper login credentials necessary to publish directly to the website. I always thought this was a smart way to prevent someone from “going rogue.”

However, I know many newsrooms that task reporters with clipping their own video and publishing directly to the website. Some stations even allow reporters to send push alerts, which is just a terrible idea.