For editors

Republishing stories

Using the library, copying the republication package, and logging where you published.

Finding stories to republish

The story library shows all non-embargoed content shared by member newsrooms. You can filter the library by publishing organization, or use the search field to find stories by keyword.

The library has two tabs:

Stories — Full stories with body content, ready to copy and republish.
Headlines — Headline-only items ingested from member feeds where full text wasn't available. These can be requested from the originating newsroom.

You can also set up story alerts to receive email digests when specific member organizations publish new content.

The Copy Package button

On any story detail page, click Copy Package to copy the republication package to your clipboard. The package is copied in two formats simultaneously:

HTML — Formatted for pasting into a rich-text or HTML editor. Includes an <h1> headline, italic byline, sanitized body, and an attribution paragraph.
Plain text — For plain-text editors or email systems.

What's included in the package

The story headline
The author byline (formatted as By [Name])
The story body — sanitized to remove scripts, embeds, iframes, and images
An attribution line: This story originally appeared in [Publication] and is republished with permission. [Story title] — with the title linking to the canonical URL.

Images

Images are not included in the copy package. This is intentional — each newsroom should add images through their own CMS workflow to ensure proper sizing, licensing, and hosting.

If the originating newsroom has uploaded image assets, you can download them from the story detail page using the asset download links.

Logging a republication

After publishing a republished story on your site, return to the story detail page and enter the URL where you published it. This is optional but encouraged — it notifies the originating newsroom and appears in both organizations' activity logs.

Republication logs help the network understand how widely stories are being distributed and give originating newsrooms visibility into their content's reach.

Editorial responsibility

Member organizations are responsible for their own editorial decisions about which stories they republish. Republishing a story means accepting responsibility for publishing it on your platform, including any legal or editorial obligations that entails.

Regional Wire does not modify story content. The sanitization process strips potentially unsafe HTML (scripts, embeds) but does not alter text content.