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Using the concept of a newspaper, local news provides up to date and relevant information for the community. News is a content creation tool. Users of epa.net are able to both read and post articles that have been submitted. If you are submitting an article you did not write, you must site the original author, publication, and location the article came from. Please be aware that many web sites do not allow you to copy their articles and post them in other locations on the web even if you site the original author. Once you submit an article, it goes into a holding bin where it awaits approval. The main news section will only display serious news articles for community. Opinions and other stories will be posted in the "Community Voices Section." The epa.net administrator reviews news articles that are appropriate. If approved, the article is dynamically shown on the index site. Older articles are then archived.

This is a brief overview of how to submit an article to epa.net.

1. Begin by clicking the link on the main page navigation bar marked "News".
2. Then click the category that best fits your post.
3. You will see a list of current stories.
4. Below these stories, there will be a link marked "Submit a news item".
5. Clicking this link will take you to the area for posting your content.
6. Type the title of your post in the first box marked "Title".
7. Then, you are ready to enter your message in the box marked body.
8. Type your message in plain text or basic html. (see HTML Instructions).
9. If you included html, change the text "format", located below the body text box, to html before selecting the "Preview" button. (i.e. The text is formatted asPlain TextHTML)
10. Click the "Preview" button. If the post looks ok, click the "Confirm" button at the bottom.
11. If the message does not look correct, click the back button at the top of your browser and edit the message. Be sure to check your HTML Tags. Posting in plain text may cause text to display off the screen and to the right. We recommend using a minimum of the paragraph tag (<P> your paragraph </P>) to make sure your text displays properly. Then repeat steps 10 and 11 until the message looks correct. You are done! A confirmation screen will appear that says "News item submitted."

Only approved EPA reporters will be allowed to post here. The content manager will review the post. The content manager will then approve the post, contact you if there are problems, or delete the post if it is not in line with our acceptable use policies.