Introduction

We use a post template for news articles that are written for our Somerset Newsroom.

When writing news posts we make sure that:

• Titles are clear and not too long.
• A post description (a sentence summary) is included.
• Keywords are used to help with the site search.
• The content follows our writing style and tone.
• Acronyms are explained.
• A category is set to help group similar topics together in search results. More than one category can be used.
• The correct tag is set to make sure it appears in the right directory.
• Any images that are used are of good quality, the right size and have ‘Alt text’. This helps with accessibility when screen readers are used. Images should be set as a feature, not in the body of the text.
• The quote feature is used to show any quotes so that quote marks in the text do not need to be included.
• That long links are not be used. Words in the content should be used to place links and explain where the link goes, not just click here. Screen reader users list links on a page to find what they need quickly. ‘Read more’ or ‘Click here’ is not a useful indicator for screen readers. Links are also correct and that they work.
• The ‘download’ feature is used for any documents that are included. This helps the reader to see it is a document and not a link to another website.
• The ‘add media’ feature is used to add videos so that it is embedded in the page properly and is accessible.

Our news posts

We have a ‘Latest news’ section on the homepage of our website. This is populated by the last updated news posts and gives an overview of the articles on the Newsroom. All news posts can be viewed on the Newsroom by using the ‘Find more news and events’ button.

All news posts show when they were last updated, who the author is and the categories that have been assigned. Here you can find an example of a news post.