Newsroom user interface including multiple panel workspaces

A computer implemented method for use in a newsroom, comprising:

• displaying at least one workspace window on a display screen of a computer system, the computer system being coupled to a network and including a processor, the display screen being coupled to the processor;
• storing files, each containing a plurality of news stories;
• delivering visual representations of said files from said storing means to said display screen;
• receiving a first input signal from the input means, which indicates a selection of one of said files;
• displaying, in a first graphically adjustable panel of said workspace window, a queue of said plurality of news stories contained in said selected file in response to the step of receiving said first input signal;
• receiving a second input signal from the input means, which indicates a selection of one of said plurality of stories contained in said selected file;
• displaying, in a second graphically adjustable panel of said workspace window, text of said selected story in response to the step of receiving said second input signal;
• and
• receiving a third input signal from the input means, which indicate user edits of the text in the second panel or the queue in the first panel;
• wherein said first and second panels are non-overlapping.

A newsroom computer graphical user interface comprising:

• means for displaying at least one workspace in a main application window on a display screen of a computer system, the computer system being coupled to a network and having a processor, the display screen being coupled to the processor;
• means for storing a plurality of news stories in a plurality of files;
• means for delivering selected visual representations of the files from the means for storing to the display screen under control of the processor;
• and
• user-controlled input means for controlling the means for storing and the means for delivering;
• wherein said at least one workspace comprises a plurality of non-overlapping, cooperating, graphically adjustable panels, a first of said panels displaying a queue of said news stories of a selected one of the files, and a second of said panels displaying text of a news story selected in said first panel;
• wherein said plurality of panels share a common moveable border;
• and
• wherein the display screen displays the workspace with a third panel which displays a directory tree of said files, with said second panel comprising at least one sub-panel, with a first of said at least one sub-panel displaying text of said selected news story, with a second of said at least one sub-panel displaying said information about said selected news story, and with a third of said at least one sub-panel displaying machine code for manipulating machines during a broadcast, wherein said machine code is anchored to a point in said text of said first sub-panel, said point being a location in said text where said machines are controlled in response to said machine code.

A computer implemented method for use in a newsroom, comprising:

• displaying at least one workspace window on a display screen of a computer system, the computer system being coupled to a network and including a processor, the display screen being coupled to the processor;
• storing files, each containing a plurality of news stories;
• delivering visual representations of said files from said storing means to said display screen;
• receiving a first input signal from the input means, which indicates a selection of one of said files;
• displaying, in a first graphically adjustable panel of said workspace window, a queue of said plurality of news stories contained in said selected file in response to the step of receiving said first input signal;
• receiving a second input signal from the input means, which indicates a selection of one of said plurality of stories contained in said selected file;
• displaying, in a second graphically adjustable panel of said workspace window, text of said selected story in response to the step of receiving said second input signal;
• displaying, in a third panel of said workspace, a directory tree of said files;
• displaying, in said first panel, information about the selected story, in response to the step of receiving said first input signal;
• receiving a third input signal from the input means, which comprises machine code for manipulating machines during a broadcast, and in response to said third input signal, displaying said machine code in said third panel;
• and
• anchoring said machine code to a location within said text of said selected story;
• wherein said first and second panels are non-overlapping.