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Resolve "Update Blog Handbook: Who can publish and why"

Sara Kassabian requested to merge 11778-update-blog-handbook into master

Why is this change being made?

A recent incident shows there has been some confusion about where the authority to publish to the main blog lies. This handbook update clarifies which teams can publish to the main blog and why this authority is not extended to the entire company.

Author Checklist

  • Provided a concise title for the MR
  • Added a description to this MR explaining the reasons for the proposed change, per say-why-not-just-what
  • Assign this change to the correct DRI
    • If the DRI for the page/s being updated isn’t immediately clear, then assign it to one of the people listed in the "Maintained by" section in on the page being edited.
    • If your manager does not have merge rights, please ask someone to merge it AFTER it has been approved by your manager in #mr-buddies.
    • If the changes relate to any part of the project other than updates to content and/or data files please make sure to ping @gl-static-site-editor in a comment for a review and merge. For example changes to .gitlab-ci.yml, JavaScript/CSS/Ruby code or the layout files. (this requirement has been removed pending identification of a new DRI for the handbook)

Closes #11778

Edited by Sara Kassabian

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