Keep the approved asset clear before the publishing handoff.
Connect commissioned work, editorial decisions and sponsor tasks to a publishing slot.
How to build your editorial review workflows
Describe the job
Connect commissioned work, editorial decisions and sponsor tasks to a publishing slot.
Review the first version
Choose how the author records the Commission and how the editor reviews the next step.
Refine the views
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Test before sharing
Walk through the process with a sample record and check who owns the next action.
Follow Editorial review ER-054 through the handoffs.
This fictional editorial review workflows example shows the ordinary handoff and the decision that remains open.
Editorial review workflows example
- Record
- Editorial review ER-054
- Commission
- Weekend feature
Current stage · Editorial producer
Submit the commissioned asset
A fictional contributor submits a feature for the weekend edition.
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Submit the commissioned asset
A fictional contributor submits a feature for the weekend edition.
- Record:
- Editorial review ER-054
- Commission:
- Weekend feature
Return the editorial correction
The section editor requests a source correction in version 1.
- Record:
- Editorial review ER-054
- Editorial version:
- 2 accepted
Accept the revised copy
The editor accepts corrected copy version 2 while a sponsor image remains outstanding.
- Record:
- Editorial review ER-054
- Sponsor asset:
- Image pending
Prepare the publishing handoff
Production records the accepted copy and keeps the separate image task open.
- Record:
- Editorial review ER-054
- Publishing handoff:
- Waiting on asset
What to include in your editorial review workflows
Keep the Commission in context
Keep Commission, production brief, asset version, editorial reviewer, requested change, sponsor task, publishing slot and handoff owner together so the next person can understand the request or record.
When the next step needs a decision
A sample contributor submits a feature for the weekend edition. The section editor requests a source correction in version 1.
Keep handoff owner visible
Keep the accepted asset version and any outstanding sponsor task visible at handoff.
Choose what each person needs
Give the author a working view and the editor a review view. Keep Commission and production brief attached to the decision as the work moves between them.
Questions about editorial review workflows
Start with Commission, production brief, asset version, editorial reviewer, requested change, sponsor task, publishing slot and handoff owner. Describe who enters the information and who reviews the next step.
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