Gather All Your Newscast Stories into One MP3 file

Go into the booth and use Audition to record one long newscast that contains every story you covered once, then export it as an MP3 file so you can upload it to Core Publisher.

Find or Post All Your Newscast Stories on KBIA's Web Site

If the stories are from St. Louis Public Radio or KCUR, they should already be on KBIA's web site automatically. The easiest way to find these is use Google to search [the story's headline or several keywords here] site:kbia.org -- this will return all the stories from the KBIA web site that match those keywords. Once you've found the story, keep it open in a separate tab; you'll need the link later.

It's a good idea to try this same process with AP or KBIA stories first as well, but if nothing shows up, you'll need to post them yourself. If they're coming from Microsoft Word or the AP Exchange, you'll want to use WordHTML to clean up their formatting as well.

For AP stories, search through the KBIA Stock Photo Library to find something suitable.

Important note: At the bottom of the new post window in Core Publisher, you'll see an area that asks you if you want to send your story to the NPR API, NPR One or the PMP. Do not send your AP stories through any of these.

Create a Master Newscast Post with Links to All the Other Stories and Your Recording

Now, make a new post in Core Publisher under the category "news" for your newscast. Leave yourself as the author and follow the template below to make your post.

Make sure you use the "break" button (it's the one with the dotted line through some text) on the post editor toolbar to tell Core Publisher you want the whole post displayed on the homepage - move your cursor to after your uploaded audio file, then click it! You'll see some red text saying "break," and that's how you know you're set!

Underneath that, make sure you set "KBIA Newscast" as a related program - this is how your newscast will get on Amazon Alexa and Microsoft Cortana devices, as well as the podcast feed.

At the bottom of the screen, where it asks if you want to send the program through the NPR API, NPR One or the PMP, say yes.

In the NPR One expiration area, tell morning newscasts to expire on the same day they are posted at 1:00 p.m. and afternoon newscasts to expire the same day they were posted at 11:59 p.m. If you don't do this right, there will be trouble!!

Sample Master Newscast Post

Headline: [Morning/Afternoon] Newscast for [Full Month Name] [Date], [Full Year]

Author: [Your Name]

Category: News

Slug: News

Content:

Regional stories from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

[A bulleted list of all the stories you covered today, linked to their articles on KBIA.org]
- Charles Foster Kane, American News Magnate, Dead at 70
- Clarice Starling Receives Federal Bureau of Investigation's Highest Honor

[Insert your audio file here]