Getting started
Quick start guide
From application to your first story on the wire.
Prerequisites
Regional Wire is a closed network. Before anyone from your newsroom can sign in, your organization must be approved by the platform administrator. Approval is based on your newsroom's email domain — once approved, any staff member with a matching email address can create an account.
Step 1: Apply for organization approval
Submit your newsroom's application at /register/organization. You'll need:
- Your newsroom's full legal name
- Your primary email domain (e.g.
northfieldherald.com) - A contact email address for the application
Approval typically takes 1–2 business days. You'll receive an email when your organization is approved or if there are questions about your application.
Step 2: Create your account
Once your organization is approved, any staff member with your registered email domain can sign up at /register. Use your work email address — the domain must match the one on your organization's application.
You'll receive a confirmation email. Click the link to verify your address and complete sign-up. The first user from your organization is automatically designated as admin.
Step 3: Explore your dashboard
After signing in, you'll land in the story library — a browsable feed of all stories shared by member newsrooms. Your dashboard (accessible from the top navigation) is where you manage your organization's contributed stories and settings.
If you're the admin for your organization, you'll also have access to:
- Settings — Update your organization's profile
- Feeds — Connect an RSS or Atom feed for automatic story ingestion
- Alerts — Configure email digest notifications for member activity
Roles
There are two roles within an organization:
- Admin — Can upload and manage stories, access all settings, manage feeds and alerts, and see the full activity log. The first user from an org is automatically admin.
- Editor — Can upload and manage stories and browse the library. Cannot access organization settings.