T5 News: Overview

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.

All News Instructions