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==Step by Step==
Please follow the following steps(set your content status as your enter each stage):#'''Idea''': Before beginning a blog post, blog writers must get preliminary approval from Anne or Ed. To propose a blog post, sketch the idea in 2-3 sentences in a post on the #bloggers Slack Channel. Include links to at least three sources you would draw on to write the post. State the implications for public policy on entrepreneurship, innovation, or public policy in your proposal.#'''Draft''': Once your idea is approved, set up a wiki page for the blog post. Include (Blog Post) in the title and make the wiki page using [[Form:BlogPost]]. Follow the technical instructions in the section below carefully. Include the proposal, all sources, an editable link to the google doc, and any other relevant information.# '''Peer edit''': Drafts are due one week after your idea is approved. Once the draft is ready for review, tell Anne. She will assign you a peer editor. He or she will make suggestions and return the blog post to the writer. The writer will revise the draft based on these suggestions#'''Revision''': Give the revised draft to Anne, completing the same process of suggestion and revision as with the peer editor in Step 1. If any large changes are made in this process, the writer will give the new draft to another available peer editor to check for grammar/content one last time before giving it to Ed. This process may have to be repeated more than once if the blog needs further development.#Give the final draft Anne for approval. #'''In Wordpress''': Once Anne’s approval is given, the piece can be posted in the blog using Steps 5-6. See [[Working with Wordpress]] for detailed instructions.
#'''Simultaneously with Steps 1-3:''' Select two or more graphics for the blog post (one as featured image, one for within the post itself), making sure that we are authorized to use the image and that we have the proper citations. Write a caption for the graphic. Give all of this to the Graphics Editor for approval.
#Once the graphics and content have been approved, the writer can post it all into WordPress. The writer needs to make the page visually appealing and set up the WordPress features- Use our [[Working with WordPress]] page for help (SEO, Readability, Tags, Hyperlinks). At this point, the blog post will be ready for publication, but should be labeled as a Visibility: "Private" within WordPress (not public yet).
#Notify the Online Editor (see our [[Blog Team]] page for details) that the post is completely ready to be published. The Online Editor checks that the post is at the quality we expect for publishing, looking at graphics, plugins, content, title, etc. The Online Editor can then publish it to the public in WordPressand set the status to '''Published'''.
===Due Dates and Expectations===
