PaperCast Academy: Your Training Guide To Run The Platform

PaperCast™ v2.2.5 — Cloud Sync Cleanup — WBN Community Intelligence Dashboard™

▸ COMMUNITY INTELLIGENCE Welcome to PaperCast™ v2.2.5 · WBN Community Intelligence Dashboard™ · Technology gathers. Editors decide. Communities benefit.

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WBN Community Intelligence Dashboard™

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WBN Community Intelligence Dashboard™ — v2.2.5

Communities · Intelligence · Editorial · Publish · Settings

Daily Editor Dashboard™

Today’s edition command center. Fill the edition, review candidates, then publish.

0% Readiness

Today's Edition Progress

Candidate Queue Summary

Missing Content Alerts

Quick Actions

Community Overview

Community Registry™

Communities are data. Every city, topic, or vertical is a configurable record — never hard-coded.

Active Community

No community selected. Select one below to activate.

Starter Templates

All Communities

PaperCast™ Academy

Training framework for publishers, editors, and HQ. Add records over time without changing code.

Academy Categories

Academy Records

Community Intelligence Sources™

Source monitoring for — · Stories enter the candidate queue. Nothing publishes automatically.

Candidate Queue™

Pull or paste story candidates from an outside scraper/RSS process. Editors approve before anything appears publicly.

Editor Approval Required

Import Candidate JSON

Paste an array of story candidates from your scraper/RSS tool. Supported fields: title/headline, link/url/sourceUrl, summary/description, source, date, section, category, imageUrl.

Candidate Stories

Daily Editorial Dashboard™

Select exactly 3 featured stories and up to 3 per section. Human approval required for every story.

Featured Stories — Select 3

Sections — All Dynamic · Never Hard-Coded

Source Library™

Manage RSS feeds, websites, social sources, government sources, and community intelligence for the active community. RSS Feed and Bluesky sources can be pulled into the Candidate Queue for editor review.

Source Intake Status: Ready. RSS and Bluesky pulls create candidates only — nothing publishes automatically.

Source Diagnostics Panel™

No runs yet

Every source pull is logged here. Run a pull above to populate this panel. Bluesky failures show the exact step where intake broke.

No diagnostics yet. Pull a source to generate a report.

Category Manager

Global Sponsor

Sponsor Name

Website URL

CTA Button Text

Tagline

Section Sponsors

Paper Identity — Configurable Per Community

Paper Name

Tagline

City / Market

Publisher Name

Logo Text

Contact Email

Phone Number

Address

Social Media Cast Label

Social Media Cast URL

Edition Type

Publication Date

Ticker Text

Footer Text

Change Password

New Password

Confirm

Accent Colors — Cast Slots

Primary (--cast-hot)

Secondary (--cast-cold)

Buttons (--cast-btn)

Layout & Visibility

Layout Mode

Show At A Glance Bar

Show Featured Stories

Show Sponsor Bar

Cloud Sync — Live Shared PaperCast™ Data

Cloud Sync Status:

Not connected

Connect this PaperCast™ edition to its shared cloud data bin so updates can be pushed and pulled across browsers, devices, and editors. This is for PaperCast™ platform data: communities, sections, sources, story candidates, sponsors, design, and paper settings.

HQ Setup: the PaperCast™ Bin ID can be preloaded for this community. Add the JSONBin Master Key only when pushing or pulling updates. The Master Key is stored only in this browser and is never shown to visitors.

JSONBin Master Key

PaperCast™ Bin ID

Cloud sync ready.

Backup & Restore — Full Platform Export

Export saves the complete platform state — communities, sections, categories, sources, stories, sponsors, paper settings, design settings, and cloud sync Bin ID — as a portable JSON file. The Master Key is never included in exports.

Platform Statistics

Future Modules — WBN Development Roadmap

PaperCast™ Academy — Complete Publisher Operations Guide

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PaperCast™ Academy

Complete Publisher Operations Guide

PaperCast™ is a Community Intelligence Dashboard™ that helps local publishers turn public information signals into a useful Daily Briefing™ for their community.

Sources

Candidates

Review

Select

Publish

Distribute

Operator Promise

15-Minute Daily Briefing™

A trained publisher should be able to open the dashboard, review candidates, select stories, and update the community briefing in 15 minutes or less.

Human Editor No Auto-Publish Signal Driven

Chapter 1

What PaperCast™ Is

PaperCast™ is not a traditional CMS. It is an operational tool for discovering, organizing, and prioritizing community information before it becomes a public briefing.

What It Does

Pulls information from public sources.
Creates story candidates.
Helps editors select what matters.
Publishes a Daily Briefing™.
Supports living updates during the day.

What It Does Not Do

It does not auto-publish.
It does not replace editorial judgment.
It does not require every candidate to become a story.
It should not be reset daily unless clearing test data.

Core principle: Technology gathers. Editors decide. Communities benefit.

Chapter 2

The Operating Workflow

The platform is designed around a simple chain from intake to publication.

Information Source ↓ Candidate Queue ↓ Editorial Review ↓ Featured / Section Selection ↓ Daily Briefing™ ↓ Newsletter / Social Distribution

Stage	Purpose	Publisher Action
Sources	Collect possible story signals.	Maintain reliable source records.
Candidate Queue	Hold unapproved story opportunities.	Approve, edit, or reject.
Editorial	Choose what appears today.	Set featured and section stories.
Public Briefing	Reader-facing daily update.	Review and publish/update.

Chapter 3

Source Library™

The Source Library™ is the long-term strategic asset of PaperCast™. A strong source library creates a strong briefing.

RSS Feeds

Useful for news sites, blogs, government updates, podcasts, and YouTube channel feeds.

Bluesky Sources

Excellent for public alerts, transportation signals, journalists, agencies, and community organizations.

Manual Sources

Used when a publisher wants to add a story from a known source that does not yet have an automated intake.

Category	Examples	Why It Matters
Transportation	Highway alerts, ferry updates, transit alerts	Immediate impact on residents and businesses.
Weather	Weather alerts, storm tracking, flood warnings	Public safety and planning.
Government	City hall, council, school district, agencies	Civic decisions and public services.
Business	Chambers, BIAs, economic development	Local economy and opportunity.
Community	Nonprofits, events, local organizations	Community connection and participation.

Best practice: Start every community with a Core Source Pack™, then add local sources as they are discovered.

Chapter 4

Candidate Queue™

The Candidate Queue™ is the editor’s intelligence inbox. Candidates are not published stories. They are possible stories.

Approve When

The item affects the community.
The source appears reliable.
The information is timely.
The story fits a briefing section.

Reject When

It is stale or duplicated.
It is not relevant locally.
It is incomplete or unclear.
It requires verification before use.

Important: Do not treat every pulled item as news. PaperCast™ finds signals. The editor decides what matters.

Chapter 5

Editorial Dashboard™

The Editorial Dashboard™ is where approved stories become part of today’s public briefing.

Review approved stories.
Select the strongest stories for Featured placement.
Assign supporting stories to relevant sections.
Use Smart Image Fallbacks™ when no image is available.
Remove test stories or stale items before publishing.

Placement	Recommended Use
Featured	The most important stories of the day.
Section Story	Useful supporting updates by topic.
Breaking Story	Time-sensitive story that may need same-day update.

Chapter 6

Publishing The Daily Briefing™

The Daily Briefing™ should be treated as a living daily product, not a one-time static post.

Morning Publish ↓ Public Daily Briefing™ goes live ↓ New signals arrive ↓ Editor approves important updates ↓ Briefing is updated during the day

Recommended model: Publish once in the morning, update when meaningful stories break.

Chapter 7

Breaking Updates

If a briefing is published at 7:00 AM and a major story breaks at 10:00 AM, the publisher should update the active briefing instead of waiting until the next day.

Pull new sources.
Approve the breaking candidate.
Edit headline and summary if needed.
Set as Featured or assign to the correct section.
Refresh the public briefing.
Use social/newsletter distribution for high-impact updates.

Future feature recommendation: Add Breaking Story Mode™ with a badge, updated timestamp, and top-of-briefing priority.

Chapter 8

Daily Publisher Routine

Morning

Pull RSS sources.
Pull Bluesky sources.
Review candidates.
Approve strongest items.
Set featured stories.
Publish briefing.

Midday

Check breaking alerts.
Review new candidates.
Update briefing if needed.
Share important updates socially.

Evening

Remove stale items.
Review source performance.
Prepare next-day sources.
Export backup if major changes were made.

Chapter 9

Editorial Standards

PaperCast™ should support trusted community information, not noise.

Always keep the editor in control.
Do not auto-publish source pulls.
Prefer verified public sources for urgent information.
Use clear, plain-language headlines.
Use “Open Original” to verify context before publishing sensitive items.
Separate alerts, facts, and commentary.

Chapter 10

Troubleshooting

Problem	Likely Cause	Action
RSS pulls fail	Feed URL is not RSS or CORS/proxy issue.	Check source URL and Source Diagnostics.
Bluesky pulls 0 candidates	Wrong handle, no posts, replies filtered, or duplicates.	Check diagnostics and source URL.
Blank image area	Story has no imageUrl.	Smart Image Fallbacks™ should display category card.
Test story appears public	Story is approved and selectedToday.	Delete story or deselect from today’s briefing.
Public page does not update	Data not saved, browser cache, or cloud sync mismatch.	Save, refresh, and verify active community.

Certification Standard

Publisher Readiness Checklist

Can add and edit a source.
Can pull RSS candidates.
Can pull Bluesky candidates.
Can approve, edit, reject, and delete stories.
Can set featured stories.
Can publish/update a Daily Briefing™.
Can remove test data from public view.
Can explain that PaperCast™ does not auto-publish.