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CNN Pressroom Blog Access Skill

This skill provides programmatic access to CNN's press release blog at cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com via the WordPress REST API.

Overview

CNN Pressroom is CNN's official blog for press releases, announcements, and media alerts. The site covers:

• Programming announcements
• Personnel news (hires, promotions)
• Awards and recognition
• Special events and coverage
• CNN Heroes announcements
• Documentary and film premieres

Functions

get_post

Retrieve a single press release by its ID or URL slug.

Parameters:

• post_id (integer): The numeric post ID
• slug (string): The URL slug from the post URL
• include_content (boolean): Include full article content (default: true)
• embed (boolean): Include embedded data like author and categories (default: true)

Example:

# By ID
result = await execute({
    'function': 'get_post',
    'post_id': 51401
})

# By slug (from URL)
result = await execute({
    'function': 'get_post',
    'slug': 'stephen-knight-named-2024-cnn-hero-of-the-year'
})

Returns: A post object with title, content, excerpt, date, author, categories, tags, and featured image.

list_posts

List press releases with optional filters.

Parameters:

• per_page (integer): Results per page (default: 10, max: 100)
• page (integer): Page number for pagination
• category_id (integer): Filter by category ID
• category_slug (string): Filter by category slug
• author_id (integer): Filter by author ID
• search (string): Search within posts
• after (string): ISO date string for posts after this date
• before (string): ISO date string for posts before this date
• include_content (boolean): Include full content (default: false)

Example:

# Recent posts
result = await execute({
    'function': 'list_posts',
    'per_page': 20
})

# Posts from a specific category
result = await execute({
    'function': 'list_posts',
    'category_slug': 'cnn-heroes',
    'per_page': 10
})

# Posts in date range
result = await execute({
    'function': 'list_posts',
    'after': '2024-01-01T00:00:00',
    'before': '2024-12-31T23:59:59'
})

Returns: Object with posts array, total count, total_pages, and pagination info.

search_posts

Search press releases by keyword.

Parameters:

• query (string, required): Search query
• per_page (integer): Results per page (default: 10)
• page (integer): Page number
• include_content (boolean): Include full content (default: false)

Example:

result = await execute({
    'function': 'search_posts',
    'query': 'CNN Hero of the Year'
})

list_categories

Get all available categories.

Parameters:

• per_page (integer): Results per page (default: 50)
• orderby (string): Sort order, e.g., 'count' for most used categories

Example:

result = await execute({
    'function': 'list_categories',
    'orderby': 'count',
    'per_page': 20
})

Returns: Object with categories array containing id, name, slug, and count.

get_category

Get details of a single category.

Parameters:

• category_id (integer): Category ID
• slug (string): Category slug

Example:

result = await execute({
    'function': 'get_category',
    'slug': 'cnn-heroes'
})

extract_announcement

Extract structured announcement data from a press release. Optimized for CNN press release format.

Parameters:

• post_id (integer): Post ID
• slug (string): Post slug

Example:

result = await execute({
    'function': 'extract_announcement',
    'post_id': 51401
})

Returns: An announcement object with:

• Basic post info (id, title, link, date, author, categories)
• dateline_city: City from press release dateline (e.g., "NEW YORK, NY")
• dateline_date: Date from dateline
• summary: First paragraph summary
• key_quotes: Extracted quotes from the release
• content: Full text content
• content_html: Original HTML content

Response Structure

All functions return dictionaries with either a results key or an error key:

Success:

{
  "post": { ... },
  ...
}

Error:

{
  "error": "Post not found"
}

Post Object Structure

{
  "id": 51401,
  "title": "Stephen Knight Named 2024 CNN Hero of the Year",
  "slug": "stephen-knight-named-2024-cnn-hero-of-the-year",
  "link": "https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2024/12/08/...",
  "date": "2024-12-08T21:00:57",
  "date_gmt": "2024-12-08T21:00:57",
  "modified": "2024-12-08T20:11:15",
  "author": {
    "id": 196398287,
    "name": "sophietran",
    "slug": "sophietran",
    "link": "https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/author/sophietran/"
  },
  "categories": [
    {"id": 3003861, "name": "CNN Heroes", "slug": "cnn-heroes"}
  ],
  "tags": [],
  "excerpt": "NEW YORK, NY – (December 8, 2024) – Tonight at the 18th Annual CNN Heroes...",
  "content_text": "NEW YORK, NY – (December 8, 2024) – Tonight at the 18th Annual...",
  "content_html": "<p><strong>NEW YORK, NY – (December 8, 2024</strong>)..."
}

Common Categories

Some frequently used categories:

• cnn-heroes (ID: 3003861) - CNN Heroes announcements
• ac360 (ID: 944267) - Anderson Cooper 360
• awards (ID: 6758) - Awards and recognition
• amanpour (ID: 1645317) - Christiane Amanpour

Notes

• The site contains 7,000+ press releases dating back many years
• Posts are typically short press releases (1-3 paragraphs)
• Most posts follow a standard press release format with city/date dateline
• The API is publicly accessible without authentication
• Rate limiting may apply; consider reasonable delays between requests