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Podcast Quick Publish Guide

A quick guide on how to publish a podcast in Nexus (with links on how to make changes and publish and Grove!)

1. Input the necessary text metadata

  • General Properties
    • Headline: RSS Feed title of the episode
    • Description: RSS Feed description of the episode
  • Podcast Episode Presentation
    • Create the presentation after clicking to the "Presentations" pane
    • Title: Title of the NPR.org page - can be edited to be different from RSS Feed Title (Headline in General Properties)
  • Images
    • If adding image(s), click on the image file on the right side and add the following:
      • Caption
      • Credit
      • Alt Text
      • Source
      • Copyright Holder

2. Add the finished audio asset to your "Full" media experience

Upload either to the episode card assets or to the full media experience directly. From there, the Media Experience State (MX State) will update to Media Ready when ready for ad tagging.

3. Add any mid roll tags needed for the episode

TODO: Open the Media Experience in the Midroll Tagger pane and add the locations where ads are expected to play.

4. Review audio, approve

Once the audio has been saved with the expected ads, review once more to confirm the quality. Set the MX State to "Approved".

5. Deliver the audio to the CDNs

From there, delivery can be kicked off by clicking "Preview Media Experience Delivery" and clicking "Deliver".

6. Review and edit PEP (podcast episode presentation) as needed

Once all the media is delivered, the PEP can be filled out with the required fields:

  • Title: Change if different from RSS Feed Title
  • Description: Change if different from RSS Feed Description
  • Subtitle: Display of text below headline on the NPR.org page
  • Apple Podcast Block
  • Render PEP: Turn to false if the presentation does not need to render on NPR.org (for example, for a Plus Only episode)
  • Brandings
  • Media Experience: Select the media experience(s) to publish with the presentation. Only delivered media experiences can be published
  • Images: Select the image(s) to publish with the presentation
    • TODO Square
    • TODO Wide

If making any changes in Grove (adding to the body, updating the SEO title, adding aggregations like section or tags), click "View in Grove" to make the edits and publish from Grove. If no edits are needed in Grove, the presentation can be published from Nexus with the "Publish" or "Schedule" button (dropdown under publish)