Kanban — Investigations Desk
A newsroom investigations desk board from tip triage through legal read to publication, with a two-story WIP limit on writing and the FOI responses that stall in the waiting column.
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title "Investigations desk — running board"
column "Tips and leads"
card "Care home staffing returns" assignee "Priya" priority medium tags "FOI,social care"
card "Council land sale to a former officer" assignee "Marcus" priority high tags "local gov"
card "Water company spill self-reporting" assignee "Ines" priority medium tags "environment"
column "Sourcing" wip 3
card "Sub-postmaster compensation delays" assignee "Marcus" priority high tags "documents"
card "Private ambulance response times" assignee "Priya" priority medium tags "data"
column "Awaiting FOI"
card "Ambulance handover delays by trust" assignee "Priya" priority high tags "FOI,20 days"
card "School buildings survey scores" assignee "Ines" priority medium tags "FOI,internal review"
column "Writing" wip 2
card "The empty homes nobody counts" assignee "Marcus" priority high tags "long read"
column "Legal read"
card "Contractor safety record" assignee "Ines" priority urgent tags "libel risk"
column "Published"
card "Bus subsidy cuts, mapped" assignee "Priya" priority low tags "data,map"