{"id":4787,"date":"2021-07-28T10:02:27","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T09:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mndsupport.wpengine.com\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=4787"},"modified":"2021-12-30T09:12:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T08:12:20","slug":"difference-between-journalist-account-and-press-officer-account","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/helpstaging.mynewsdesk.com\/en\/faq\/difference-between-journalist-account-and-press-officer-account\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between a journalist account and a press officer account?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b><i>journalist account<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a user account that allows you to set up email alerts in order to follow what is being published on Mynewsdesk. You may choose to follow specific newsrooms, certain topics or your own keywords.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stories<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to set up searches and save them as alerts. See and manage the alerts and newsrooms that you are following under <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subscriptions<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. To follow a newsroom, just click the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stories<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or on any page of a newsroom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A journalist account cannot be used to publish any content on Mynewsdesk. A journalist account is always free of charge.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information, and to sign up for a free journalist account, please visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynewsdesk.com\/journalist\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.mynewsdesk.com\/journalist\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b><i>press officer account<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a user account that gives you access to one or more newsrooms, in order to publish and distribute content, manage contacts, access statistics or to use our media monitoring features.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A press officer account is always created in connection with a newsroom. Either when you are creating a brand new newsroom (to get started with a newsroom, please visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynewsdesk.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.mynewsdesk.com\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), or after invitation to publish in an already existing newsroom (as specified in our FAQ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mndsupport.wpengine.com\/faq\/how-to-add-a-new-user\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to add a new user<\/span><\/a>)<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A press officer account also includes all the functions of a journalist account. This means that if you are using a press officer account, you don\u2019t need to have a separate journalist account. To access the journalist menu from a press officer account, you click on your name in the upper right corner, choose <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stories<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and a new tab will open with the Stories page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please also see:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mndsupport.wpengine.com\/faq\/change-email-name-user-account\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mndsupport.wpengine.com\/faq\/change-settings-user-account\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where do I change the settings for my personal user account?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mndsupport.wpengine.com\/faq\/what-do-i-do-if-i-forget-my-password\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do I do if I forget my password?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","faq-category":[113],"faq-tag":[],"faq-language":[94],"faq-translation_id":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpstaging.mynewsdesk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/4787"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpstaging.mynewsdesk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpstaging.mynewsdesk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpstaging.mynewsdesk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpstaging.mynewsdesk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-category?post=4787"},{"taxonomy":"faq-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpstaging.mynewsdesk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-tag?post=4787"},{"taxonomy":"faq-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpstaging.mynewsdesk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-language?post=4787"},{"taxonomy":"faq-translation_id","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpstaging.mynewsdesk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-translation_id?post=4787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}