There are many ways to create a new article in GN4.
You can create an article from scratch on the Articles main tab in Ted4/Fred4, or on the Pages main tab in Fred4. You can also create a new article in Browser.
An alternative is to create an article from a template, or from an existing article, or from a wire story.
In Fred4, on the Pages main tab, you can create an article from scratch with text and picture elements, or by means of an object in a library of page objects.