Newsroom OS
An operating system for a working newsroom.
Verified numbers
- 11
- Newsroom modules
- 9
- Staff roles modeled
Verified numbers only: every figure here has a cited source.
Newsroom management deployed in production for Guam News Network: assignment desk, editorial calendar, story tracking, staff, chat, and a newsroom-wide breaking-news mode, as an installable PWA.
The problem
Small newsrooms coordinate breaking coverage through group chats and whiteboards. Assignment state, story status, and who's on what live in people's heads.
The system
One newsroom-shaped system: stories move across an assignment desk, a breaking-news switch changes the whole room's posture, and every role from intern to news director sees the view they need.
Inside the system
- Assignment desk (kanban)
- Editorial calendar and story tracker
- Breaking-news mode with live ticker
- Newsroom chat: channels and DMs
- Meeting and event trackers
- Staff management with nine newsroom roles
- Two-factor authentication (TOTP)
- Offline demo mode and installable PWA
What should work better in your operation?
Twenty minutes on the workflow that costs you most. You leave with an honest read on whether a system is worth building, and what it would take.
