Hi friend - editors work in a WYSIWYG interface with a solid preview/publish workflow. Loads of page layouts. Can include Google sheets/charts and more.
Everyone needs a Google Account - foobar@hotmail.com can enrolled as a google account and not at all cause the creation of a Gmail account which is different.
If someone wants it, then I can setup an email alias (say BigJim1972@its-airborne.org) that forwards to their regular email acct.