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Authors Grid

Columnists and reporters with bios, desks and story counts.

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NEWSON · ELEMENT NO. 94

Show the people behind your stories — reporters, columnists, contributors or hosts — in 13 layouts. Use your real WordPress users with live article counts, reads and latest stories, or build a list by hand.

13 layoutslive article countsreads from the view counterdesk filter + searchauthor profile fieldsverified badges

Live from this site: the real author, article count and newest posts, straight from WordPress. The read counts on this demo site were seeded as sample data.

NEWS SITE · OUR JOURNALISTS

Profile cards with desk tabs and a search box that also looks through topics and cities. Each person gets their own color, a verified check and their article count.

Ethan Cole
Editors

Ethan Cole

Editor in ChiefNew York, NY

Leads the Ledger newsroom after twenty years covering politics and the economy. Writes the Sunday letter to readers.

412Articles1.8MReads
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Marcus Reed
News

Marcus Reed

Senior Business ReporterChicago, IL

Covers Main Street and Wall Street — from family shops to quarterly earnings — with a soft spot for the Midwest.

268Articles1.2MReads
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Diego Alvarez
News

Diego Alvarez

Tech CorrespondentSan Francisco, CA

Tracks the companies, chips and apps reshaping daily life, and tests the gadgets so readers don’t have to.

231Articles1.4MReads
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Jasmine Walker
Opinion

Jasmine Walker

Opinion ColumnistWashington, DC

Writes the twice-weekly column Straight Talk on policy, schools and the cities we share.

142Articles980KReads
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Emily Carter
News

Emily Carter

Health & Science EditorBoston, MA

Turns new research into plain English, from sleep studies to Mars missions.

176Articles690KReads
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Hannah Brooks
Culture

Hannah Brooks

Culture CriticLos Angeles, CA

Reviews film, television and the books everyone is arguing about. Has opinions about sequels.

190Articles760KReads
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Andre Thompson
Sports

Andre Thompson

Sports ColumnistAtlanta, GA

Writes the Final Whistle column and hosts the Ledger’s weekly sports podcast.

203Articles870KReads
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Olivia Grant
Culture

Olivia Grant

Food EditorNew Orleans, LA

Tests every recipe three times and reviews restaurants from Gulf Coast crab shacks to tasting menus.

154Articles620KReads
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The Morning Ledger is a fictional example newsroom; names, photos and numbers are sample content.

OPINION PAGE · COLUMNISTS

Serif names, the column’s title in italics and the newest headline as a pull quote — the classic newspaper opinion page.

Ethan Cole
From the Editor

Ethan Cole

Editor in Chief
Why we will keep publishing the boring stories, too
May 10, 2026Read
Jasmine Walker
Straight Talk

Jasmine Walker

Opinion Columnist
Our schools don’t need another pilot program. They need the last one finished.
May 12, 2026Read
Andre Thompson
Final Whistle

Andre Thompson

Sports Columnist
The best team in the league is the one nobody wants to watch
May 11, 2026Read
Hannah Brooks
Second Look

Hannah Brooks

Culture Critic
Summer blockbusters have forgotten how to end
May 9, 2026Read

The Morning Ledger is a fictional example newsroom; names, photos and numbers are sample content.

NEWSLETTER / SIDEBAR · MOST READ

A ranked leaderboard with medal colors for the top three and soft animated bars. On a live site it ranks your real authors by articles or by reads from the NewsOn view counter.

  1. 1Ethan Cole

    Ethan Cole

    Editor in ChiefEditorial
    1.8Mreads
  2. 2Diego Alvarez

    Diego Alvarez

    Tech CorrespondentTechnology
    1.4Mreads
  3. 3Marcus Reed

    Marcus Reed

    Senior Business ReporterBusiness
    1.2Mreads
  4. 4Jasmine Walker

    Jasmine Walker

    Opinion ColumnistOpinion
    980Kreads
  5. 5Andre Thompson

    Andre Thompson

    Sports ColumnistSports
    870Kreads
  6. 6Hannah Brooks

    Hannah Brooks

    Culture CriticCulture
    760Kreads

The Morning Ledger is a fictional example newsroom; names, photos and numbers are sample content.

BLOG / MAGAZINE · WRITERS HUB

Cards that show each person’s latest headlines — with live sites these are their real posts, thumbnails and dates.

Diego Alvarez

Diego Alvarez

Tech Correspondent
231Stories
  • The phone upgrade you can safely skip this yearMay 12, 2026
  • Inside the startup teaching old warehouses new tricksMay 8, 2026
  • We tried five AI note-takers. One was worth it.May 3, 2026
All stories
Olivia Grant

Olivia Grant

Food Editor
154Stories
  • A weeknight gumbo that respects the rouxMay 11, 2026
  • The 12 best po’boys in New Orleans, rankedMay 6, 2026
  • Why your sheet-pan dinner is soggyMay 1, 2026
All stories
Rachel Kim

Rachel Kim

Climate Reporter
87Stories
  • What a record-warm spring means for fire seasonMay 10, 2026
  • The small Oregon town running on its own gridMay 5, 2026
  • How to read a heat-risk mapApr 29, 2026
All stories

The Morning Ledger is a fictional example newsroom; names, photos and numbers are sample content.

PODCAST NETWORK · HOSTS

Photo-first tiles for hosts, speakers or chefs. Hover (or tap) a tile and the short bio, numbers and links slide up.

Sports

Andre Thompson

Host, The Final WhistleAtlanta, GA

Writes the Final Whistle column and hosts the Ledger’s weekly sports podcast.

186Episodes
Listen
Culture

Hannah Brooks

Host, Second LookLos Angeles, CA

Reviews film, television and the books everyone is arguing about. Has opinions about sequels.

94Episodes
Listen
Technology

Diego Alvarez

Host, Plugged InSan Francisco, CA

Tracks the companies, chips and apps reshaping daily life, and tests the gadgets so readers don’t have to.

142Episodes
Listen
Food

Olivia Grant

Host, Supper ClubNew Orleans, LA

Tests every recipe three times and reviews restaurants from Gulf Coast crab shacks to tasting menus.

77Episodes
Listen

The Morning Ledger is a fictional example newsroom; names, photos and numbers are sample content.

ABOUT PAGE · MEET THE TEAM

The lead person gets a big color block with bio and numbers; the next two get tall tiles and everyone else sits in compact rows.

Ethan Cole
Editorial

Ethan Cole

Editor in Chief

Leads the Ledger newsroom after twenty years covering politics and the economy. Writes the Sunday letter to readers.

PoliticsEconomyMedia
412Articles2014Since
Say hello
Emily Carter
Science

Emily Carter

Health & Science Editor

Turns new research into plain English, from sleep studies to Mars missions.

Noah Bennett
Data

Noah Bennett

Data Journalist

Builds the charts and maps behind the Ledger’s biggest stories, and explains how to read them.

The Morning Ledger is a fictional example newsroom; names, photos and numbers are sample content.

HOMEPAGE · CONTRIBUTORS

Drag with the mouse, swipe on a phone or use the arrows. The bar underneath shows how far along you are.

The Morning Ledger is a fictional example newsroom; names, photos and numbers are sample content.

NEWSROOM · STAFF DIRECTORY

Clean rows with desk labels, latest headline, numbers and links — handy for a big newsroom, a university department or a company blog.

Marcus Reed

Marcus Reed

Senior Business Reporter
BusinessWhy small lenders are winning back Main Street
268Articles
Diego Alvarez

Diego Alvarez

Tech Correspondent
TechnologyThe phone upgrade you can safely skip this year
231Articles
Emily Carter

Emily Carter

Health & Science Editor
ScienceWhat a good night’s sleep actually looks like
176Articles
Noah Bennett

Noah Bennett

Data Journalist
DataMapped: where rent rose fastest this spring
98Articles
Rachel Kim

Rachel Kim

Climate Reporter
ClimateWhat a record-warm spring means for fire season
87Articles
Omar Haddad

Omar Haddad

Travel Writer
TravelSeven scenic byways worth the long way around
121Articles
Kevin Nguyen

Kevin Nguyen

Photo Editor
PhotoBehind the lens: a year on the Columbia River
64Articles

The Morning Ledger is a fictional example newsroom; names, photos and numbers are sample content.

ABOUT US · MASTHEAD

Everyone grouped by desk in tidy columns — black-and-white photos that turn to color on hover.

Leadership

Opinion

News

Features

Visuals

The Morning Ledger is a fictional example newsroom; names, photos and numbers are sample content.

MAGAZINE · CONTRIBUTORS WALL

Just faces, names and roles. Photos warm up from black-and-white with a colored frame on hover.

The Morning Ledger is a fictional example newsroom; names, photos and numbers are sample content.

SIDEBAR · OUR WRITERS

For a sidebar or a footer: face, name and article count in a small pill.

Ethan ColeEthan Cole412 articles
Marcus ReedMarcus Reed268 articles
Diego AlvarezDiego Alvarez231 articles
Jasmine WalkerJasmine Walker142 articles
Emily CarterEmily Carter176 articles
Noah BennettNoah Bennett98 articles
ARTICLE FOOTER · BYLINE

Overlapping faces with names on hover — perfect under a big investigation written by a team.

Ethan ColeMarcus ReedDiego AlvarezJasmine WalkerEmily CarterNoah Bennett+3Reported by 9 journalists across 9 desks
THIS SITE · REAL USERS

The same widget reading this site’s WordPress users: articles, reads and topics are counted live. Add a photo, job title, desk and social links under Users → Profile.

Live data from this site (read counts on this demo site are seeded sample data).