CFD — Newsroom Editorial Pipeline
Nine weeks of a features desk from pitch to publication, computing a ~33-day commissioned cycle time against 5.5 articles a week while the unread pitch pile triples.
Make it your own.
title "Newsroom feature desk — pitch to publication"
unit articles
stages: Pitched*, Commissioned, Drafting, Sub-editing*, Published
commit Commissioned
// Pitches arrive faster than the desk can commission them; the desk's own
// cycle time is healthy, which is exactly what commit makes visible.
2025-09-01 | 43, 21, 16, 7, 4
2025-09-08 | 53, 29, 23, 13, 9
2025-09-15 | 61, 34, 29, 18, 15
2025-09-22 | 73, 42, 35, 25, 20
2025-09-29 | 84, 48, 42, 30, 26
2025-10-06 | 96, 54, 47, 36, 31
2025-10-13 | 109, 60, 54, 41, 37
2025-10-20 | 125, 68, 60, 48, 42
2025-10-27 | 140, 74, 67, 53, 48