diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 621053834..45cf971a5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ include/
 /server/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
 /results/
 /superdesk-content-api/
+/node_modules/
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diff --git a/server/aap/macros/generate_slugline_story_by_desk.py b/server/aap/macros/generate_slugline_story_by_desk.py
index 9704288d3..d9b1b99ca 100644
--- a/server/aap/macros/generate_slugline_story_by_desk.py
+++ b/server/aap/macros/generate_slugline_story_by_desk.py
@@ -46,12 +46,17 @@ def get_articles(self, query, repo):
     def create_query(self):
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
+    @abstractmethod
+    def process(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
     def generate(self, template_name):
         query, repo = self.create_query()
         articles = self.get_articles(query, repo)
         if not articles:
             return ''
 
+        self.process(articles)
         return render_template(template_name, items=articles)
 
 
@@ -113,6 +118,14 @@ def create_query(self):
 
         return query, ['archive', 'published']
 
+    def process(self, articles):
+        for article in articles:
+            article['anpa_take_key'] = article.get('anpa_take_key') or ''
+            article['abstract'] = article.get('abstract') or ''
+            article['slugline'] = article.get('slugline') or ''
+            article['source'] = article.get('source') or ''
+            article['dateline_city'] = (article.get('dateline', {}).get('located', {}).get('city') or '').upper()
+
 
 def generate_published_slugline_story_by_desk(item, **kwargs):
     """
diff --git a/server/settings.py b/server/settings.py
index 711b24560..f9e2da9aa 100644
--- a/server/settings.py
+++ b/server/settings.py
@@ -186,3 +186,4 @@ def env(variable, fallback_value=None):
 is_testing = os.environ.get('SUPERDESK_TESTING', '').lower() == 'true'
 ELASTICSEARCH_FORCE_REFRESH = is_testing
 ELASTICSEARCH_AUTO_AGGREGATIONS = False
+CUSTOM_TEMPLATE_PATH = [os.path.join(ABS_PATH, 'templates')]
diff --git a/server/templates/skeds_body_html.html b/server/templates/skeds_body_html.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a40ac4235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/templates/skeds_body_html.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{% for item in items %}
+<p>{{item.dateline_city}} {{item.source}} - {{item.abstract|striptags}} ({{item.slugline}}) {{item.anpa_take_key}} {{item.versioncreated | format_datetime('Australia/Sydney', '%H:%S')}}</p></br>
+{% endfor %}
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