Platform
newsbro.com
Live siteAn AI-generated news and parody site with a daily article engine, head-to-head daily duel feature, pitch database, and media industry salary data.
Content farms are automated but generic. Manual editorial is expensive but good. newsbro.com threads the needle: Claude generates articles with a specific editorial voice, an editor reviews before publish, and the daily duel feature — two takes on the same story, user voting — gives the site the social energy of a real publication.
35+
Journalism salary roles
12+
Media outlets tracked
Daily cron
Article pipeline
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The Problem
Parody and satire sites are either fully manual (expensive to operate) or fully automated (low quality, no personality). The challenge was finding a middle ground where AI generates the content but editorial curation shapes the voice.
The Process
Built an article generation pipeline that runs as a daily cron: topics are seeded by category, Claude generates articles with a specific editorial voice, and pieces go through a review queue before publishing. The daily duel is the standout engagement feature — two takes on the same story, users vote, results are tallied.
The Solution
A full editorial platform with AI-generated articles, daily duel voting feature, pitch database for community-sourced story ideas, and media salary data sourced from journalism industry surveys.
What Was Built
- Daily AI article generation pipeline with editorial review queue
- Daily duel: two takes per story, user voting, real-time tallies
- Pitch database with community sourcing
- Media salary database: 35+ journalism roles
- Subscription tier for full article access
Feature Breakdown
Content Engine
- Daily AI article generation pipeline with editorial review queue
- Publication-specific voice prompt (not generic summarization)
- ClickVenture: choose-your-own-adventure satire format
- Spin Zone: rewrite any article in any political bias (streaming)
Interactivity
- Headline Duels: two takes per story, real-time vote tallies
- 'Real or Fake?' daily news literacy quiz
- Pitch database for community-sourced story ideas
- Global news literacy leaderboard
Growth & Retention
- Reading streaks with milestone unlocks
- Stripe subscription for full article access
- Media salary data (35+ journalism roles, 12+ outlets)
- Weekly satire digest email via Resend
Tech Stack
Source Code
Private repository
Behind the Build
The daily duel is the feature that makes newsbro feel like a product rather than a content farm. Building it required thinking carefully about vote tallying — real-time counters without causing excessive DB writes meant batching updates server-side. The editorial voice prompt for article generation took the most iteration; the first draft outputs were indistinguishable from a press release.