Allow your users to view news, exchange opinions, or even arrange meeting with an interactive news channel. Build a bulletin board using the news channel to allow all users to sell or buy pre-owned items conveniently, or share their latest offers in the local community. 

1. In the Studio, navigate to Content > News.
2. Click Add channel.
   
   
   
   The Create channel dialog opens.
3. Provide a name.
   
   
4. Under Channel type, select Updates.
   This channel type fits a blackboard best as it has short messages with images.
5. Click Save.
   The new channel opens.
6. Click on the gearwheel to open the Channel Settings.
   
   
7. Under the Contributors dropdown, select which users can post on the bulletin board.
   
   
8. Click Save

You have created a news channel and allowed your users to write posts. Once you publish the news channel, it will be available to your users. 

How a News Channel Bulletin Board Looks for Users

Your users can now create posts and have meaningful interactions in the news channel. Update news channels are equally suitable for other forms of interactive channels.