News

Publish project announcements, comment on news items, and display the latest news on the project overview page.

The News module lets project managers and members publish announcements that are visible on the project overview page and in the global activity feed.

Enabling news

1. Go to Project → Settings → Modules.
2. Check News.
3. Click Save.

A News link appears in the project sidebar.

Creating a news item

1. Open the news list

   Click News in the project sidebar.

2. Add a news item

   Click Add news.

3. Fill in the fields

   Complete the news item form:

   • Title — required, maximum 60 characters
   • Summary — optional one-line teaser, maximum 255 characters. Displayed in the project overview and news list.
   • Description — the full body of the announcement. Supports Redmine text formatting.
4. Attach files (optional)

   Use the attachment section to add files to the news item.

5. Publish

   Click Create. The news item is published immediately. Project members who have the News added notification enabled receive an email.

News fields

Field	Required	Description
Title	Yes	Headline for the announcement. Maximum 60 characters.
Summary	No	Short teaser shown in listings. Maximum 255 characters.
Description	Yes	Full text of the announcement. Supports CommonMark (Markdown, default) or Textile.

Commenting on news

Users with the comment_news permission can leave comments on news items.

1. Open the news item

   Click the news title to open the full view.

2. Write a comment

   Scroll to the Add a comment section and enter your text.

3. Post

   Click Add. Your comment appears below the news item with your name and timestamp.

Comments on news items are threaded under the item itself. Unlike forum messages, news comments do not have their own subjects.

News on the project overview

The five most recent news items are displayed on the project overview page. The summary field is shown if present; otherwise the beginning of the description is displayed.

Write a concise summary to control exactly what appears on the project overview without truncation.

Global news feed

Redmine exposes a global news feed at /news (or per-project at /projects/:id/news) that lists recent news across all visible projects. This feed is available in Atom format for feed readers.

Watching news

The news module supports watchers at the module level. To receive notifications for all news added to a project, watch the News module from the module’s watch list. The author of a news item is automatically added as a watcher.

Notifications

Email notifications are sent on the News added event. To configure which events trigger emails, go to Administration → Settings → Email notifications and ensure News added is checked.

Permissions

Action	Permission required
View news	view_news
Manage news (create, edit, delete)	manage_news
Comment on news	comment_news