> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.dealroom.co/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# News Article

> Field reference for the News Article object.

A curated news article about a company, fund, deal, sector, or event.

| Field              | Type              | Description                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ------------------ | ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `id`               | number            | Stable Dealroom news article ID.                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `url`              | string (nullable) | Canonical URL of the article on its publisher's site. Null for in-house editorial notes, which have no external source.                                                                              |
| `slug`             | string (nullable) | URL-safe article slug, unique per article; canonical routing key for /news/:slug. Temporarily nullable while the BQ→AlloyDB backfill is in flight; will be required again once every row has a slug. |
| `title`            | string (nullable) | Article headline as provided by the publisher.                                                                                                                                                       |
| `summary`          | string (nullable) | Short article summary (1-2 sentences).                                                                                                                                                               |
| `image_url`        | string (nullable) | Hero image URL for the article, if available.                                                                                                                                                        |
| `source`           | string            | Publisher / source identifier (e.g. `techcrunch`, `bloomberg`, `perplexity`, `substack`).                                                                                                            |
| `article_type`     | string (nullable) | Article type. Common values: `vc_round`, `ipo`, `acquisition`, `insight`, `event`, `partnership`.                                                                                                    |
| `publish_date`     | string (nullable) | ISO 8601 date the article was published.                                                                                                                                                             |
| `amount`           | number (nullable) | Deal amount in the active currency, for `vc_round`/`acquisition` articles, as a whole-unit integer.                                                                                                  |
| `round_type`       | string (nullable) | Round type for VC-round articles (matches Transactions).                                                                                                                                             |
| `deal_date`        | string (nullable) | ISO 8601 date the deal closed (may differ from `publish_date`).                                                                                                                                      |
| `sector`           | string (nullable) | Sector classification, when known.                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `hq_country`       | string (nullable) | HQ country of the primary mentioned company.                                                                                                                                                         |
| `enriched_summary` | string (nullable) | AI-generated multi-paragraph enrichment (when available). Plain text.                                                                                                                                |
| `importance_score` | number (nullable) | Editorial ranking score — higher is more prominent. Primary ordering signal for top stories (sort with `sort=-importance_score`). Null when unscored.                                                |
| `is_pinned`        | boolean           | Whether this is the single most prominent (pinned) story. At most one article is pinned at a time.                                                                                                   |
| `entities`         | array of object   | Dealroom entities (companies, investors) referenced in the article. Use these IDs to join into entity / investor endpoints.                                                                          |