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Modules - Press Edition |
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The
functionality of News Asset Press Edition can be expanded to cover
the specific needs of news production departments, layout directors,
editors, broadcast news directors, and syndication departments through
the addition of any of the following modules. These modules are offered
as integrated solutions that are easily included with new systems
or added later to existing systems.
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Production
Manager
· Planning and Scheduling Module |
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Schedule and plan the editorial content
· Assign tasks and subjects to sections or to reporters
/ photographers
· Assign detailed assignment instructions including word
count, headlines, titles & deadlines
· Alert based notification for new assignments
· Monitoring and Tracking Module
· Control and change the production workflow in real-time
· Monitor the status of the pages in real-time
· Track assignments status and progress per section,
edition, & publication
· Web interface available for "Monitoring and Tracking
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| Layout
Director |
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Integrated QuarkXpress Module
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Advanced layout design fully integrated with QuarkXpress
· Design and use predefined page templates and styles per
publication and edition
· Use free layout pages
· Automatically link and place your articles and all the other editorial
content into the pages
· Fit publication elements to blocks
or boxes automatically
using editorial instructions
· Access the database in order to retrieve content for free layout
pages
· Changes made to copy in QUARK are automatically updated back to the NewsRoom
· Generate as a PDF file the final edition and store directly in the
data base
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Exchange
Manager
· Receive and Send information from various sources: |
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Wire Services (Reuters, AP, AFP, etc)
· Mail Servers
· Fax Servers
· Directory Services
· FTP Servers
· Mobile gateways
· Wireless LAN |
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Auto logging of all items sent and received
· Items are auto sent through a customizable distribution scheduler
· Alert based messaging system |
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