#  Internal and External Authors 

 



## Internal Authors and External Authors: What’s the difference?

Some content types, such as **News**, allow you to add one or more authors.

- **External Authors**: These are writers who wrote the news story in an external source. For example, the author of an opinion piece in the *New York Times.*
- **Internal Authors:** These are individuals who have been added to your site using the **Person** content type. For example, if you have a faculty member writing a **News** article, you can add them as the author of the piece. This will link the person with the news stories that they wrote.

Authors in **Publications** are automatically added as **Contributors**, with no distinction between external and internal authors. You can view a list of Contributors at **Content > Publications > Contributors.**



 

 

##  Related how-tos 

 



  [### News

 ](/news)How to work with the News content type to add news, announcements, and blog-style articles to your website.



 

 

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   [### Publications

 ](/publications)How to work with the Reference content type to provide bibliographic references and citations in various formats.



 

 

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