Daily article operations guide
Check approved image reuse before publishing a VA article
Confirm that an existing image is authorized, reachable, and suitable for the article context.
Where the work breaks
An approved asset can still have the wrong crop, stale path, or a subject that misleads readers.
A routine the team can repeat
Choose from the approved library. Test the path, rendered crop, alt text, and Open Graph reference. Read the nearby heading for context.
What to keep in the record
Record the asset path and pages checked. Open both the hero file and absolute social-image URL during release testing.
Who decides
An assistant may select approved assets. New licensing, protected-asset edits, and campaign-image replacement need owner approval.
Use this in the daily queue
Apply the check to one named article and keep the result with that article’s release record. A short, specific entry is more useful than a generic "done" status.
See the research library or plan a research support workflow.