Newspaper masthead website
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Free newspaper website template with a classic masthead, section navigation, full essay pages, a podcast page, events listings and newsletter signup.
What’s included in this newspaper masthead website
- Who it’s for
- Independent publications, magazines and long-form writers who want a classic newspaper front page. Local news and personal essay archives fit the layout too.
- Pages and sections
- Masthead with dateline and section nav
- The Latest headlines
- Feature essay and opinion columns
- From the archive
- Section pages
- Podcast episodes page
- Upcoming events page
- Newsletter signup
- Features
- Full article pages for feature essays
- Newsletter signup with success and error messages
- Section index linking to collection pages
- Podcast page with listening platform links
- What to change first
- Change the masthead name, tagline and dateline first, since readers see them before anything else. Your own headlines go next.Try asking“Add author pages that list every article each writer has published”
FAQs about this newspaper masthead website template
Start from a masthead template like this one - it already has a condensed multi-column layout, so you're swapping in your own publication name, sections and articles. B12's AI generates the first draft from a short description of your publication, and you refine the masthead, sections, and lead stories in the browser.
Publications, essay archives and long-form blogs that want a traditional editorial look instead of a generic blog grid. The condensed multi-column layout signals seriousness and pace - useful for outlets running longform criticism, cultural writing, opinion journalism, and archival essay work.
Yes - the condensed multi-column layout works well for essay archives and long-form writing, not just news publications. Substack-style single-column layouts flatten everything to the same weight. A masthead structure lets you promote features, running series, and archives without them all looking identical.
Write, publish, and reorganize articles in the visual editor - no HTML, no static site generator, no developer needed. The masthead, section pages, and archive all update automatically as new pieces publish. Publications live or die on publishing cadence; friction on publish kills the whole thing.
Built for publications and long-form editorial sites specifically - masthead-forward, multi-column, essay-length pieces. For a simpler blog aimed at lifestyle and personal writing, see our lifestyle blog prompt. For an editorial portfolio showing individual essays and cultural criticism as a body of work, see our editorial portfolio prompt. Our designers can refine the typography for whichever direction fits.
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