diff --git a/.ci/build.sh b/.ci/build.sh
index b6af53af70..22b6f81d92 100755
--- a/.ci/build.sh
+++ b/.ci/build.sh
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ function build() {
     pmd_ci_log_group_start "Publishing Release"
         pmd_ci_gh_releases_publishRelease "$GH_RELEASE"
         pmd_ci_sourceforge_selectDefault "${PMD_CI_MAVEN_PROJECT_VERSION}"
+        pmd_ci_sourceforge_publishBlogPost "$SF_BLOG_URL"
     pmd_ci_log_group_end
     fi
 
@@ -206,9 +207,18 @@ function pmd_ci_build_and_upload_doc() {
         rendered_release_notes=$(bundle exec docs/render_release_notes.rb docs/pages/release_notes.md | tail -n +6)
         local release_name
         release_name="PMD ${PMD_CI_MAVEN_PROJECT_VERSION} ($(date -u +%d-%B-%Y))"
-        pmd_ci_gh_releases_updateRelease "$GH_RELEASE" "$release_name" "$rendered_release_notes"
+        pmd_ci_gh_releases_updateRelease "$GH_RELEASE" "$release_name" "${rendered_release_notes}"
         pmd_ci_sourceforge_uploadReleaseNotes "${PMD_CI_MAVEN_PROJECT_VERSION}" "${rendered_release_notes}"
 
+        local rendered_release_notes_with_links
+        rendered_release_notes_with_links="
+*   Downloads: https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/tag/pmd_releases%2F${PMD_CI_MAVEN_PROJECT_VERSION}
+*   Documentation: https://pmd.github.io/pmd-${PMD_CI_MAVEN_PROJECT_VERSION}/
+
+${rendered_release_notes}"
+        pmd_ci_sourceforge_createDraftBlogPost "${release_name} released" "${rendered_release_notes_with_links}" "pmd,release"
+        SF_BLOG_URL="${RESULT}"
+
         # updates https://pmd.github.io/latest/ and https://pmd.github.io/pmd-${PMD_CI_MAVEN_PROJECT_VERSION}
         publish_release_documentation_github
         pmd_ci_sourceforge_rsyncSnapshotDocumentation "${PMD_CI_MAVEN_PROJECT_VERSION}" "pmd-${PMD_CI_MAVEN_PROJECT_VERSION}"
diff --git a/do-release.sh b/do-release.sh
index a191f84799..12bd13fb81 100755
--- a/do-release.sh
+++ b/do-release.sh
@@ -226,20 +226,16 @@ echo
 echo
 echo
 echo "Verify the new release on github: <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/tag/pmd_releases/${RELEASE_VERSION}>"
+echo "and the news entry at <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/>"
 echo
 echo "*   Wait until the new version is synced to maven central and appears as latest version in"
 echo "    <https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/net/sourceforge/pmd/pmd/maven-metadata.xml>."
-echo "*   Submit news to SF on <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/> page. Use same text as in the email below."
 echo "*   Send out an announcement mail to the mailing list:"
 echo
 echo "To: PMD Developers List <pmd-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>"
-echo "Subject: [ANNOUNCE] PMD ${RELEASE_VERSION} Released"
-echo
-echo "*   Downloads: https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/tag/pmd_releases%2F${RELEASE_VERSION}"
-echo "*   Documentation: https://pmd.github.io/pmd-${RELEASE_VERSION}/"
-echo
-echo "$NEW_RELEASE_NOTES"
+echo "Subject: [ANNOUNCE] PMD ${RELEASE_VERSION} released"
 echo
+echo "    You can copy the same text from <https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/news/>."
 echo
 echo
 tweet="PMD ${RELEASE_VERSION} released: https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/tag/pmd_releases/${RELEASE_VERSION} #PMD"