diff --git a/src/collections/Posts.ts b/src/collections/Posts.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ac08d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/collections/Posts.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import type { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
+
+export const Posts: CollectionConfig = {
+  slug: 'posts',
+
+  hooks: {
+    beforeChange: [
+      // before user presses save, this will run
+
+      ({ data }) => {
+        if (data?.title) {
+          data.slug = data.title
+            .toLowerCase()
+            .replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, '-')
+            .replace(/^-|-$/g, '')
+        }
+        return data
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+
+  admin: {
+    useAsTitle: 'title',
+    defaultColumns: ['title', 'slug', 'category', 'publishedDate'],
+  },
+  fields: [
+    {
+      name: 'title',
+      type: 'text',
+      label: 'Title',
+      required: true,
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'slug',
+      type: 'text',
+      unique: true,
+      label: 'Slug',
+      admin: { readOnly: true }, //cant edit
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'description',
+      type: 'richText',
+      required: true,
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'photos',
+      type: 'array',
+      label: 'Photos',
+      fields: [
+        {
+          name: 'photo',
+          type: 'upload',
+          relationTo: 'media',
+          // not required for now, but we can make it required later if we want to
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'category',
+      type: 'select',
+      label: 'Category',
+      options: [
+        { label: 'Blog', value: 'blog' },
+        { label: 'Alumni Story', value: 'alumni_story' },
+        { label: 'Interview', value: 'interview' },
+        { label: 'Scholarships', value: 'scholarships' },
+        { label: 'Newsletters', value: 'newsletters' },
+        { label: 'Education', value: 'education' },
+        { label: 'Audience', value: 'audience' },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'author',
+      type: 'text',
+      label: 'Author',
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'publishedDate',
+      type: 'date',
+      label: 'Published Date',
+      //required: true,
+      admin: {
+        date: {
+          //theres a +1 day bug when selecting on calendar, caused by timezone offsets appaerntly
+          pickerAppearance: 'dayOnly',
+          displayFormat: 'MMM dd yyyy', // show year, month, day in the admin panel
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+}
diff --git a/src/payload-types.ts b/src/payload-types.ts
index cc849c6..e32055e 100644
--- a/src/payload-types.ts
+++ b/src/payload-types.ts
@@ -70,10 +70,11 @@ export interface Config {
     users: User;
     media: Media;
     partners: Partner;
-    concerts: Concert;
     pages: Page;
     passwords: Password;
     links: Link;
+    concerts: Concert;
+    posts: Post;
     'payload-kv': PayloadKv;
     'payload-locked-documents': PayloadLockedDocument;
     'payload-preferences': PayloadPreference;
@@ -84,10 +85,11 @@ export interface Config {
     users: UsersSelect<false> | UsersSelect<true>;
     media: MediaSelect<false> | MediaSelect<true>;
     partners: PartnersSelect<false> | PartnersSelect<true>;
-    concerts: ConcertsSelect<false> | ConcertsSelect<true>;
     pages: PagesSelect<false> | PagesSelect<true>;
     passwords: PasswordsSelect<false> | PasswordsSelect<true>;
     links: LinksSelect<false> | LinksSelect<true>;
+    concerts: ConcertsSelect<false> | ConcertsSelect<true>;
+    posts: PostsSelect<false> | PostsSelect<true>;
     'payload-kv': PayloadKvSelect<false> | PayloadKvSelect<true>;
     'payload-locked-documents': PayloadLockedDocumentsSelect<false> | PayloadLockedDocumentsSelect<true>;
     'payload-preferences': PayloadPreferencesSelect<false> | PayloadPreferencesSelect<true>;
@@ -185,60 +187,6 @@ export interface Partner {
   updatedAt: string;
   createdAt: string;
 }
-/**
- * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
- * via the `definition` "concerts".
- */
-export interface Concert {
-  id: string;
-  title: string;
-  description: {
-    root: {
-      type: string;
-      children: {
-        type: any;
-        version: number;
-        [k: string]: unknown;
-      }[];
-      direction: ('ltr' | 'rtl') | null;
-      format: 'left' | 'start' | 'center' | 'right' | 'end' | 'justify' | '';
-      indent: number;
-      version: number;
-    };
-    [k: string]: unknown;
-  };
-  photo: string | Media;
-  pdf?: string | null;
-  repertoire: {
-    composer: string;
-    workTitle: string;
-    soloist?: string | null;
-    movements?: string | null;
-    id?: string | null;
-  }[];
-  performances: {
-    dateTime: string;
-    venue?: string | null;
-    venueAddress: string;
-    bookingUrl: string;
-    price: string;
-    id?: string | null;
-  }[];
-  photo_links?:
-    | {
-        link?: string | null;
-        id?: string | null;
-      }[]
-    | null;
-  video_links?:
-    | {
-        link?: string | null;
-        id?: string | null;
-      }[]
-    | null;
-  updatedAt: string;
-  createdAt: string;
-}
 /**
  * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
  * via the `definition` "pages".
@@ -344,6 +292,95 @@ export interface Link {
   updatedAt: string;
   createdAt: string;
 }
+/**
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "concerts".
+ */
+export interface Concert {
+  id: string;
+  title: string;
+  description: {
+    root: {
+      type: string;
+      children: {
+        type: any;
+        version: number;
+        [k: string]: unknown;
+      }[];
+      direction: ('ltr' | 'rtl') | null;
+      format: 'left' | 'start' | 'center' | 'right' | 'end' | 'justify' | '';
+      indent: number;
+      version: number;
+    };
+    [k: string]: unknown;
+  };
+  photo: string | Media;
+  pdf?: string | null;
+  repertoire: {
+    composer: string;
+    workTitle: string;
+    soloist?: string | null;
+    movements?: string | null;
+    id?: string | null;
+  }[];
+  performances: {
+    dateTime: string;
+    venue?: string | null;
+    venueAddress: string;
+    bookingUrl: string;
+    price: string;
+    id?: string | null;
+  }[];
+  photo_links?:
+    | {
+        link?: string | null;
+        id?: string | null;
+      }[]
+    | null;
+  video_links?:
+    | {
+        link?: string | null;
+        id?: string | null;
+      }[]
+    | null;
+  updatedAt: string;
+  createdAt: string;
+}
+/**
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "posts".
+ */
+export interface Post {
+  id: string;
+  title: string;
+  slug?: string | null;
+  description: {
+    root: {
+      type: string;
+      children: {
+        type: any;
+        version: number;
+        [k: string]: unknown;
+      }[];
+      direction: ('ltr' | 'rtl') | null;
+      format: 'left' | 'start' | 'center' | 'right' | 'end' | 'justify' | '';
+      indent: number;
+      version: number;
+    };
+    [k: string]: unknown;
+  };
+  photos?:
+    | {
+        photo?: (string | null) | Media;
+        id?: string | null;
+      }[]
+    | null;
+  category?: ('blog' | 'alumni_story' | 'interview' | 'scholarships' | 'newsletters' | 'education' | 'audience') | null;
+  author?: string | null;
+  publishedDate?: string | null;
+  updatedAt: string;
+  createdAt: string;
+}
 /**
  * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
  * via the `definition` "payload-kv".
@@ -368,7 +405,7 @@ export interface PayloadKv {
 export interface PayloadLockedDocument {
   id: string;
   document?:
-      | ({
+    | ({
         relationTo: 'users';
         value: string | User;
       } | null)
@@ -380,10 +417,6 @@ export interface PayloadLockedDocument {
         relationTo: 'partners';
         value: string | Partner;
       } | null)
-    | ({
-        relationTo: 'concerts';
-        value: string | Concert;
-      } | null)
     | ({
         relationTo: 'pages';
         value: string | Page;
@@ -395,6 +428,14 @@ export interface PayloadLockedDocument {
     | ({
         relationTo: 'links';
         value: string | Link;
+      } | null)
+    | ({
+        relationTo: 'concerts';
+        value: string | Concert;
+      } | null)
+    | ({
+        relationTo: 'posts';
+        value: string | Post;
       } | null);
   globalSlug?: string | null;
   user: {
@@ -491,49 +532,6 @@ export interface PartnersSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
   updatedAt?: T;
   createdAt?: T;
 }
-/**
- * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
- * via the `definition` "concerts_select".
- */
-export interface ConcertsSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
-  title?: T;
-  description?: T;
-  photo?: T;
-  pdf?: T;
-  repertoire?:
-    | T
-    | {
-        composer?: T;
-        workTitle?: T;
-        soloist?: T;
-        movements?: T;
-        id?: T;
-      };
-  performances?:
-    | T
-    | {
-        dateTime?: T;
-        venue?: T;
-        venueAddress?: T;
-        bookingUrl?: T;
-        price?: T;
-        id?: T;
-      };
-  photo_links?:
-    | T
-    | {
-        link?: T;
-        id?: T;
-      };
-  video_links?:
-    | T
-    | {
-        link?: T;
-        id?: T;
-      };
-  updatedAt?: T;
-  createdAt?: T;
-}
 /**
  * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
  * via the `definition` "pages_select".
@@ -615,6 +613,69 @@ export interface LinksSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
   updatedAt?: T;
   createdAt?: T;
 }
+/**
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "concerts_select".
+ */
+export interface ConcertsSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
+  title?: T;
+  description?: T;
+  photo?: T;
+  pdf?: T;
+  repertoire?:
+    | T
+    | {
+        composer?: T;
+        workTitle?: T;
+        soloist?: T;
+        movements?: T;
+        id?: T;
+      };
+  performances?:
+    | T
+    | {
+        dateTime?: T;
+        venue?: T;
+        venueAddress?: T;
+        bookingUrl?: T;
+        price?: T;
+        id?: T;
+      };
+  photo_links?:
+    | T
+    | {
+        link?: T;
+        id?: T;
+      };
+  video_links?:
+    | T
+    | {
+        link?: T;
+        id?: T;
+      };
+  updatedAt?: T;
+  createdAt?: T;
+}
+/**
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "posts_select".
+ */
+export interface PostsSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
+  title?: T;
+  slug?: T;
+  description?: T;
+  photos?:
+    | T
+    | {
+        photo?: T;
+        id?: T;
+      };
+  category?: T;
+  author?: T;
+  publishedDate?: T;
+  updatedAt?: T;
+  createdAt?: T;
+}
 /**
  * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
  * via the `definition` "payload-kv_select".
diff --git a/src/payload.config.ts b/src/payload.config.ts
index 788de56..cf25b76 100644
--- a/src/payload.config.ts
+++ b/src/payload.config.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { Media } from './collections/Media'
 import { Partners } from './collections/Partners'
 import { Concerts } from './collections/Concerts'
 import { Pages } from './collections/Pages'
+import { Posts } from './collections/Posts'
 import { Passwords } from './collections/Passwords'
 import { CalendarLink } from './collections/CalendarLink'
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ export default buildConfig({
       baseDir: path.resolve(dirname),
     },
   },
-  collections: [Users, Media, Partners, Pages, Passwords, CalendarLink, Concerts],
+  collections: [Users, Media, Partners, Pages, Passwords, CalendarLink, Concerts, Posts],
   editor: lexicalEditor(),
   secret: process.env.PAYLOAD_SECRET || '',
   typescript: {