Creating stories within segments

Stories are the individual items inside a Segment: one news item, one interview, one play. Elements live inside stories, and the story is the clock those elements are timed against.

How to add a story

1. Inside a Segment, click Add story.
2. Enter a Title (for example "City council vote results").
3. Optionally fill in: - Slug: a short identifier used in the control interface. - Description: a one-line summary. - Script: the full script or teleprompter text for the anchor. - Notes: internal production notes for your team.
4. Click Create Story.

Breaks and Setup segments do not hold stories. Only Segments do.

The story owns the clock

Every element inside a story is timed from the moment the story starts, not from the top of the show and not from the element above it. An element at 00:05 goes on air five seconds into its story.

How long a story lasts

In the Inspector, under Block length, a story either:

• Ends with its content: the block is worth exactly what is inside it. Nothing to type.
• Lasts a set time: the block holds the length you type, even if its content is shorter.

The declared time is a floor, not a limit. If the content runs past it, it is not cut. The rundown tells you how far it overruns.

A story with no elements is skipped and never goes on air. The rundown marks it so.

Editing a story

Click a story row to open it in the inspector. Everything is editable while the rundown is in Draft.

Copying and moving stories

You can copy or move a story into another segment, including a segment in a different rundown:

1. Open the ⋮ menu on the story.
2. Choose Copy / Move. Copy leaves the original in place; Move removes it.
3. Pick the destination rundown, then the destination segment.
4. Confirm.

You can also drag a story to another segment inside the same rundown.

Deleting a story

Use the ⋮ menu and select Delete. This also removes every element inside it.