Every issue you save from Compose appears under Issues. It stays there even if you later publish it from your newsletter platform.
Viewing your drafts
Go to Issues in the sidebar. You'll see your saved work with:
Subject line and preview text so you can recognize the draft quickly
AI Writer used for the draft
Stories used count
Last saved time
Badges, such as New, Edited, Automated, or Sandbox
Performance metrics like open rate, click rate, and recipient count (if connected to beehiiv or Kit)
Click Open draft to reopen it in Compose.
Each issue has its own link. Once an issue is open, the address bar points at that issue, so you can bookmark it, send it to a teammate, or reload the page and pick up where you left off instead of landing on an empty Compose.
The link remembers which publication the issue belongs to. If you or a teammate open it while a different publication is selected, HeyNews switches to the right one first, as long as that person already has access to it. A link on its own never grants access to a publication.
An issue you write from scratch picks up its own link as soon as it is saved, so a reload keeps it too. Starting a new draft returns you to the plain Compose address.
New auto-saved issues show a New badge. After you save edits in Compose, the issue shows an Edited badge instead. Issues created by Automations also show an Automated badge, and automation notifications open the matching issue directly.
Managed Company Newsletter drafts also show their review status and email delivery state, so you can tell whether a draft is waiting for review, ready for a test, test sent, needs attention, or still not sent.
Overview stats
At the top of Issues, you'll see aggregate metrics:
Total newsletters you've created
Sent count for newsletters marked as sent
Average open rate across all sent newsletters
Average click rate across all sent newsletters
Total subscribers reached as a combined recipient count
These numbers come from your connected newsletter platform (beehiiv or Kit). If you haven't connected one, you'll only see draft counts.
Creating a new newsletter
Click the Compose button at the top right to jump to the Compose page.
Draft review
Open an issue in Compose to review the subject line, preview text, and full copy. You can edit it, use Refine with AI, copy it into your email platform, or save your changes. With beehiiv selected as the ready Sending Connection, a saved issue can also create a post draft for you to review in beehiiv.
For managed Company Newsletters, HeyNews reviews each draft before it can be pushed to the managed email provider. If a draft is still waiting for review, it cannot be pushed or test-sent yet.
Performance data
If you've connected beehiiv or Kit, HeyNews pulls performance data for your broadcasts. Newsletters that have been sent through your connected platform will show:
Recipients, the number of people who received it
Open rate, the percentage who opened the email
Click rate, the percentage who clicked a link
This data updates automatically every few hours. Brand-new broadcasts won't show metrics right away. HeyNews waits 48 hours before pulling performance data so readers have time to actually open the email.