Your newsroom at a glance — from proposed headline to handed to WordPress.
The Production Line — This Week
from proposed headline to handed to WordPressHeadlines proposed
648
this week· ▲ 4% vs last week
84today
2,655this month
5,366all-time
Articles written
46
this week· ▼ 26% vs last week
1today
240this month
662all-time
Handed to WordPress
32
this week· ▼ 36% vs last week
0today
181this month
328all-time
| Stage | Today | This week | This month | All-time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headlines proposed | 84 | 648 | 2,655 | 5,366 |
| Articles written | 1 | 46 | 240 | 662 |
| Handed to WordPress | 0 | 32 | 181 | 328 |
“Handed to WordPress” means the draft reached the site’s CMS, not that it was published: a human still presses Publish in wp-admin, and nothing here polls for that yet. The push path only shipped in early July, so month and all-time can read the same — a launch total, not a stalled counter. Proposed headlines are the desk’s full idea bench; a fraction are commissioned into articles.
Reader-reviewer rating 7.2/10 (80 stories, scored by people — the independent quality read) · held to an in-house 80-point bar, 90 avg this week (self-scored).
Daily Flow
last 14 days · each stage on its own scaleProposedheadlines
Writtenarticles
Handed overto WordPress
08-1608-23Today
Flow & Turnaround
how ideas convert, and how fast1 in 14
of proposed headlines is commissioned into an article
46 of 648 · this week
70%
of the week’s articles reached WordPress
32 of 46 handed over
~6 min
from commissioning a headline to a finished draft
median
~1.0 hrs
from finished draft to handed to WordPress
median · not time-to-publish
Idea bench5,178 open8 in progress160 written20 set aside
In the News This Week
what the desk is covering · refreshes dailyAustraliaCanadaCape TownChinaCyril RamaphosaDepartment of JusticeIsraelJohannesburgMadlanga CommissionMeta Platforms, Inc.New York CityPrince Harry
Freshest — named in the last 3 days
NepalSouth AfricaAll BlacksSpringboksDolly Partonartificial intelligenceNepal flash floodsTibetWestern Cape
Most-covered this season · ongoingDonald Trump 286United States 181Iran 126United Kingdom 79
Chips are unranked and alphabetical — the underlying counts are cumulative, not a weekly spike, so nothing here implies velocity.
Latest Copy
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29 Aug· quotes verified· checked 91
Draft
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28 Aug· quotes verified· checked 90
Draft
Steadfast Africa Bok Ticket Giveaway Meets SA Rugby’s Official Warning
28 Aug· checked 88
King Harald Dies At 89, Handing Norway To Haakon VIII
28 Aug· quotes verified· checked 91
El Nino Stretches Western Cape Fire Season To 8 Months
28 Aug· quotes verified· checked 90
Bill Gates Wants Human-Only Jobs Before AI Hits The Office
28 Aug· checked 91