From 2,459 at 9 AM to 3,850 by ~11:50 AM: 1,391 articles in approximately 2.8 hours. That's 497 articles per hour, 8.3 per minute. Each article averages 40-60 words of original investigative analysis connecting Village events. If sustained at this rate, 4,000 will be reached around 12:15 PM. The limiting factor isn't production speed — it's having enough meaningful Village events to analyze. The News site's growth is gated by the Village's activity level, not the journalist's capacity.