---
title: "Daily brief"
description: "Five stories in five minutes: section bars, read times, a sponsor slot."
url: https://www.unitpost.com/templates/gallery/daily-brief
section: Templates
updated: 2026-11-06
---
# Daily brief

## Daily brief

> Five stories in five minutes: section bars, read times, a sponsor slot.

A daily news brief built to be skimmed: a slim art strip over the masthead and date line, a greeting, an index of today's stories, tinted section bars with icons, linked headlines each with a read time, source and a two-line summary, a sponsor card labelled as one, quick links, a tool of the day and a forward line. Amber accent; everything that matters is text, so it reads the same with images off.

Category: marketing · Group: Newsletters & digests · Free

Default subject: Why a team merged 14 services back into one

Best for:

- Daily and weekday news briefs
- Industry and tech roundups with summaries
- Newsletters that sell a sponsor slot

Layout, top to bottom:

- Masthead strip + date line
- Greeting
- Today's index
- Section bars
- Headline + summary items
- Sponsor card
- Quick links
- Tool callout
- Forward line

Variables:

- `{{first_name}}` — from the contact (example: Sam)
- `{{company_name}}` — supplied per send (example: The Daily Build)
- `{{company_address}}` — supplied per send (example: 120 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94103)

Preview the rendered email, copy its HTML or React, or add it to a workspace at https://www.unitpost.com/templates/gallery/daily-brief.

This Markdown mirror omits the TSX and HTML source — open the gallery page for both, or clone the template into a workspace.

## Related

- [Link roundup](https://www.unitpost.com/templates/gallery/link-roundup): Ten links worth keeping: the one to read, numbered picks, a tool of the week.
- [Content digest](https://www.unitpost.com/templates/gallery/content-digest): This week's reads: a soft panel, an editor's pick, story rows, community links.
- [Essay letter](https://www.unitpost.com/templates/gallery/essay-letter): One long-form essay in a serif: byline, sections, a pull quote, takeaways.