Editorial Calendar Template — Vintage Newsroom Desk

Press Date is an editorial calendar template styled like a mid-century gazette newsroom desk. Cream paper backgrounds, Abril Fatface mastheads set on 3px double rules, a single rationed vermilion second ink, and typewriter metadata give the whole interface the character of a working newsroom without sacrificing clarity. Status inks mark each story's stage at a glance, so the vintage styling stays functional rather than decorative.

The template ships with six screens: a month-grid Calendar for scheduling pieces by publish date, an Assignments board that groups work by writer, an Idea Backlog for capturing pitches before they are commissioned, and a small auth flow — Sign In, Request a Press Pass, and Lost Press Pass — so access control feels like part of the fiction. Every view is built around a real editorial workflow, not a generic task list.

It is built for content teams, publications, newsletters, and marketing departments that plan recurring output and want a calendar that feels like their craft. The structure converts because the hierarchy matches how editors actually think: see the month, assign the work, bank the ideas. And because Press Date is an app UI, it binds to real data when remixed — swap the mock stories for your CMS feed or content database and the calendar, board, and backlog light up with live entries.