Workflow editor — Long-form investigations
Describe your process. We'll build the stages.
No drag-and-drop nightmare. No conditional-logic builder. Just words.
Describe the workflow in plain English
Pitches go to a senior editor for approval. Once approved, the reporter drafts. Drafts always go through desk editor review. If the story mentions any public official or company by name, route to legal before copy. Otherwise skip legal. Copy editor reviews before scheduling. Ready stories need the assigning editor's sign-off before they go live.
Try: "add a fact-check stage between desk and copy for any story with statistics"
Generated stages
7 stages · 1 conditional
1
Pitch
Reporter submits pitch → senior editor approves or declines
2
Drafting
Reporter writes draft in Google Doc · Auto-syncs every save
3
Desk editor review
AI critique + assigning editor sign-off · ~30 min average
4
Legal review CONDITIONAL
If story mentions named official or company → route to legal@blockclubchi.com
5
Copy editor
House style + grammar pass · Mara K.
6
Final sign-off
Assigning editor approves for publish
7
Scheduled / Published
Auto-push to WordPress, Newsletter (Beehiiv), Apple News
Active workflows
Daily news
3 stages · Default
Long-form investigation
7 stages · Editing now
Newsletter issue
4 stages
Op-ed (external)
5 stages
Try these phrases
"add a photo desk stage that runs in parallel with desk review"
"send a Slack notification to #editorial when any story enters the legal stage"
"freelance stories need an additional invoicing stage after publish"
"only run desk editor review for stories over 800 words"
"send a Slack notification to #editorial when any story enters the legal stage"
"freelance stories need an additional invoicing stage after publish"
"only run desk editor review for stories over 800 words"
Routing rules
When stage transitions happen, who gets notified.
Slack channel#editorial-desk
Legal emaillegal@blockclubchi.com
Stage timeout24 hrs