Horizon News
An editorial CMS and reporter workflow built for a Hindi/English newsroom publishing at scale, with Google News-ready delivery.
Horizon News was publishing across two languages with a generic CMS that wasn't built for a newsroom — reporters fought the editor, and stories missed the speed Google News and Discover reward.
The challenge was building an editorial workflow reporters would actually want to use, on delivery infrastructure fast enough to earn newsroom-grade visibility.
Custom CMS Development
Building an editorial system around how reporters and editors actually work.
Editorial Workflow Systems
Structuring drafts, review and publishing into one reporter-friendly pipeline.
SEO & Performance
Engineering delivery for Google News and Discover eligibility at scale.
From problem to product.
Discover
Mapped the newsroom's actual reporting and editing workflow across both languages.
Define
Scoped a CMS built around reporter roles, not a generic content editor.
Design
Designed an editorial dashboard that mirrors how a newsroom actually moves a story.
Build
Built the CMS and delivery pipeline for Hindi/English publishing at scale.
Launch
Shipped onboarding for 40+ reporters without interrupting daily publishing.
An editorial dashboard built for how reporters actually work.
The editorial dashboard — structured around draft, review and publish, not a generic content editor.
The publishing pipeline, abstracted — a short path from draft to a Google News-ready story.
Built for what comes next.
A newsroom CMS engineered for reporters, editors and search visibility at once.
Layer 01
Reader Layer
The public-facing site and Web Stories — fast, and built for discovery.
Layer 02
Editorial Logic Layer
Reporter roles, review states and publishing rules built around the newsroom's process.
Layer 03
Content & Catalog Layer
Bilingual stories, media and metadata managed from one editorial dashboard.
Layer 04
Hosting & Delivery Layer
Infrastructure tuned for the speed Google News and Discover require.
Technology Used
What was delivered.
Designed to work. Built to last.
A purpose-built editorial workflow let Horizon News scale its reporting team without slowing publishing down — and delivery fast enough to earn a growing share of Google News and Discover traffic.
A closer look.
Editorial dashboard, full viewReporter workflow, detail crop
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