Newsroom CMS architecture

Content management system — input sources to distribution channels

Input sources

Content ingestion

Wire services

  • AP News API
  • Reuters Connect
  • Custom RSS feeds

Staff contributions

  • Reporter submissions
  • Photo desk uploads
  • Freelance portal
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Step 1

Ingest

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Step 2

Normalize

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Step 3

Enrich

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Step 4

Publish

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Editorial layer

Story management

Data layer

Storage

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Distribution

Website

Next.js SSR, CDN-cached, AMP pages for mobile

Distribution

Newsletter

Daily digest, breaking alerts, weekly roundup

Distribution

Social / API

Auto-posting, syndication feeds, partner API