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Production Desk

The Production Desk brings every desk's finished work into the article you receive.

  • Every article
  • One desk, one job
  • Live
Where it sits
  1. IEditorial Director
  2. IISource Desk
  3. IIIPlanning Desk
  4. IVWriters Desk
  5. VFact Desk
  6. VIQA Desk
  7. VIIEditor-in-Chief
  8. VIIIStandards Desk
  9. IXArt Desk
  10. XProduction Desk

The Production Desk receives the article from the Standards Desk and the picture from the Art Desk. It sends the finished article to your dashboard, ready for your site.

What it does

The Production Desk is the Mastheads editorial desk that assembles the finished article. It brings together the checked text, picture, search details and every desk's verdict, preserving the decisions already made. It sends the result to your dashboard, ready for your site.

The Production Desk gives you the article and the record behind it in one place. Without that assembly, the status, desk findings and items needing your attention could be separated from the finished work. The article's panel shows which desks took part and what each found.

One desk, one job. Nothing inside it is split into roles.

What it takes in

The Production Desk receives the checked article from the Standards Desk and the picture from the Art Desk, along with the search details and each desk's record of what it found and did. By this point the facts, search promise, writing and house standards have all been checked. The Standards Desk has decided whether the article is ready or awaiting review, and the Production Desk keeps that verdict as given.

What it hands on

The Production Desk sends the finished article to your dashboard with its status, text, picture and search details. Where your site supports them, it also includes links to related articles you have already published. The article's panel travels with it and lists the desks involved and what each found, in plain verdicts, counts and short notes. Private deliberation stays out of the panel. A quotation inside a desk note becomes "[quotation withheld]" before the note reaches the panel. If no fetched page carries a person's name, the article stays locked until someone accepts the name.

What it guarantees

5 things it holds to, on every article it touches.

  • Each desk's verdict stands as given.

    The Standards Desk decides whether the article is ready or awaiting review, and the Production Desk preserves that decision.

  • Every article shows its work.

    The panel lists the desks involved and what each found, in plain verdicts, counts and short notes.

  • The panel stays clear and reader-facing.

    The panel presents the useful verdicts and notes without exposing the private deliberation behind them.

  • A withheld quotation stays withheld.

    Any quotation within a desk's note becomes "[quotation withheld]" before the note reaches the panel.

  • A name awaiting approval stays locked.

    If no fetched page carries that person's name, the article cannot be published until someone accepts it.

One example

The Fact Desk removes a quotation that appears in no source. Its note could repeat the unsupported words, so the Production Desk replaces the passage with "[quotation withheld]" before showing the note on your panel. You see the issue, and words nobody said stay out of the article.

On your article

The article panel lists the desks that took part and what each found, in plain verdicts, counts and short notes. It also shows what still needs your attention, while private deliberation and the words of a withheld quotation stay out of view.

Live. It works on every article.

Questions

What people ask about the Production Desk.

What is the Production Desk in Mastheads?
The Production Desk is the Mastheads editorial desk that assembles the finished article. It brings the checked text, picture, search details and every desk's verdict together and sends the result to your dashboard, ready for your site.
What appears in my dashboard when a Mastheads article is finished?
The Mastheads Production Desk sends the article to your dashboard with its status, text, picture, search details and panel. Where your site supports them, it also includes links to related articles you have already published.
What does the article panel show?
The Mastheads article panel lists the desks that took part and what each found, in plain verdicts, counts and short notes. It also shows what still needs your attention.
Can the Production Desk change another desk's verdict?
No. The Mastheads Production Desk preserves each desk's verdict as given, including the Standards Desk's decision that the article is ready or awaiting review.
Who decides whether a Mastheads article is ready or awaiting review?
The Standards Desk decides whether a Mastheads article is ready or awaiting review. The Production Desk keeps that verdict as given and sends it to your dashboard as the article's status.
What happens when a desk note contains a withheld quotation?
When a desk note contains a withheld quotation, the Mastheads Production Desk replaces the quoted passage with "[quotation withheld]" before the note reaches the panel. The issue stays visible without repeating words that no source supports.
Can a Mastheads article be published while a person's name is awaiting approval?
No. If no fetched page carries a person's name, the Mastheads article stays locked, and it cannot be published until someone accepts the name.
Does the article panel show the desks' private reasoning?
No. The Mastheads article panel shows plain verdicts, counts and short notes, and the Production Desk keeps the private deliberation behind them out of view.
Which desks send work to the Production Desk?
The Mastheads Production Desk receives the checked article from the Standards Desk and the picture from the Art Desk. It also receives the search details and each desk's record of what it found and did.
Does the Production Desk work on every article?
Yes. The Production Desk completes every Mastheads article and sends it to your dashboard, so each article arrives with its status, text, search details and panel.
Does Mastheads link to my other articles?
Where your site supports them, the Mastheads Production Desk includes links to related articles you have already published. Mastheads appends up to 3 internal links, chosen by keyword overlap with your earlier published articles in the same domain, once the domain has a connected CMS.
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