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Shortly, Newswise will be launching a new website. In addition to a new appearance, there will be major improvements in functionality. We will be introducing several new features, which will enhance our service to you. Read below for more details.

Because you will have privileged access to certain confidential information, including your own embargoed stories, the new Newswise website will require each user to have a username and password.

In the coming days we will be supplying you with a temporary username and password, which you may then personalize. Please keep it simple and memorable. Your username and password will allow you to log on to our website to contribute news items, update your entry in the Newswise Contact Directory, make changes to your wire subscriptions, edit your news releases to make corrections or update old information, see your own embargoed stories, and view your customized access reports.

Passwords will also be supplied to journalists and to the public. When a journalist logs on to Newswise, they will be able to view your embargoed and unembargoed news releases with full contact information. The public will have access to unembargoed news releases, but will not be able to view contact information.

Here's a detailed summary of the features and enhancements you will enjoy on the new Newswise website:

New Look

The Newswise site has undergone an extensive redesign to ensure that all users experience ease-of-navigation, an intuitive user interface, and a clean, attractive design.

Real-time control of your user account

Login anytime and access "My Preferences", where you may:

  •  Edit/update your:
    – email address(es), phone number(s) and contact data
    – change your username/password

  •  Wire subscriptions
    – subscribe/unsubscribe to any/all Newswise wire subscriptions at up to 2 email addresses
    – enter vacation dates to temporarily suspend digest delivery

  •  Newswise Contact Directory
    – choose to include or exclude your contact entry from the Newswise Contact Directory

  •  Staff user management
     To consolidate the management of user accounts, designated individual(s) at your institution may, at your request, be granted further privileges to
    – edit/update the contact information of all your institution's user accounts
    – request removal of individual accounts
    – create new user accounts for your institution

Enhanced article control

  •  New article management section
    – review all articles posted by your institution
    – edit, update or withdraw any previous contribution

  •  Advanced support for world languages/symbols/extended characters
    – Any symbol, accent or non-Latin character you can create in your documents will display as you intended it, regardless of the platform or application software employed by the end user

  •  Easier contribution form
    – after logging in, your institution name and email address will be pre-filled into the contribution form
    – full control of source display: your choice of an institution name for attribution may be the same or different from the institution billed

  •  News releases may be posted for immediate release, or at any future date and time. Our editors are available around the clock to ensure your contributions appear faultlessly

  •  Fine-tuned embargo dates
    – embargo dates and times may now be specified down to the minute
    – expired embargoes will become available immediately to the general public

Enhanced security

  •  All journalists and contributing PIO's will have password access to their own user accounts

  •  Protected contact information in news-releases
     All contact information you provide in your news releases is now visible only to authorized users, namely:
    – verified, logged-in journalists
    – members of your staff

  •  Embargoed stories
     Likewise, embargoed stories will only be accessible to:
    – verified, logged-in journalists
    – members of your staff
    – upon expiration of the embargo period, the story will become available to the general public, although display of contact information will continue to be governed by the rules concerning "Protected contact information", above.

Powerful new search and browse features

Our article search function has become even more powerful:

  •  articles may be sorted by date or by relevance
    – when single words are entered, separated by spaces, the search will return articles containg any of the given words. By default, more relevant articles sorted to the top, although the user may instead choose to sort most recent articles first

      +monkey      'monkey' must appear in every article returned.
      -gorilla     'gorilla' must not appear in any article returned
      ~noise       'noise' is an unwanted word but shouldn't be banned entirely
       cell*        match words that begin with 'cell'
                      (i.e., 'cell' and 'cellar' are both found)

Reports

You will enjoy access to your comprehensive monthly reports and customized access statistics just as before, although we will shortly be introducing a real-time, privileged viewing section for you to review hit counts on your stories and site performance data as it accumulates.

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