T5 News: Overview
T5 News is the Yale School of Medicine’s upgraded news platform in Beatrix. Newly introduced features include easier to read news articles, a brand new, engaging landing page, and specific article formats for creating articles with specific purposes like interview articles, announcements about faculty awards and promotions, and more.
Annotated Overview
To get a quick overview of what T5 News entails and how it appears on the YSM site, check out these annotated overviews:
T5 News Overview
T5 News Landing Page
T5 News Article Formats
What’s New?
Modern News Landing Page:
The YSM news landing page features a clean, customizable layout. News landing pages can also be added to a department website.Curated Top Stories & Featured Section:
Editors can highlight up to five top stories at the top of the page. And one section (like Video, Events, or Periodicals) can be visually featured for extra attention.More Article Types:
T5 supports new formats—long-form, short-form, video, Q&A, announcements, and opinon—making it easier to share different kinds of stories.Topics (aka “Eyebrows”)
Articles now display prominent category labels, helping users quickly spot topics of interest and browse more stories in the same vein.Better Video & Periodicals:
Dedicated sections for video stories and periodicals (like Yale Medicine Magazine) offer richer layouts and easier browsing.Events, Publications, and Newsletters:
Upcoming events, publication summaries, and newsletter signups are all integrated for easy access by readers.
Upcoming Fixes
Since news just launched on September 18th, we’re still working out the kinks! A list of upcoming fixes can be found below, if there’s a problem you have observed that isn’t addressed by any of these fixes, please let us know at ysm.editor@yale.edu:
List of upcoming T5 News fixes.