# Human release checklist

- [ ] Program owner confirms each operational fact and conflict resolution.
- [ ] Editor checks the story, source map, profile, restrictions, and channel consistency.
- [ ] Named authority clears quotes, partner wording, and publication as required locally.
- [ ] Media owner confirms rights, credits, identity/consent needs, actual captions and text alternatives.
- [ ] Publisher checks real links, heading order, mobile layout, image placement, video captions/transcript needs, and CMS preview using the office's accessibility process.
- [ ] Record version, reviewers, unresolved items, and the release decision under local retention/attribution rules.