diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/HomepageController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/HomepageController.php
index 3af22919..1593b598 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/HomepageController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/HomepageController.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public function index(Request $request): View
             $promos['components'] = $modularComponents['modularComponents'];
         }
 
-        $articles = $this->article->listing($request->data['base']['site']['news']['application_id']);
+        $articles['data'] = $this->article->listing($request->data['base']['site']['news']['application_id']);
 
         $events = $this->event->getEvents($request->data['base']['site']['id']);
 
diff --git a/app/Repositories/ModularPageRepository.php b/app/Repositories/ModularPageRepository.php
index f74cf3e5..0487929e 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/ModularPageRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/ModularPageRepository.php
@@ -220,7 +220,8 @@ public function configureComponents(array $components, array $promos, array $dat
                 } else {
                     $articles = $this->article->listing($components['components'][$name]['id'], $limit, 1, $component['topics'] ?? []);
                 }
-                $modularComponents[$name]['data'] = $articles['articles'] ?? [];
+                $modularComponents[$name]['data'] = $articles['articles']['data'] ?? [];
+                $modularComponents[$name]['meta'] = $articles['articles']['meta'] ?? [];
                 $modularComponents[$name]['component'] = $components['components'][$name];
             } elseif (Str::startsWith($name, 'page-content') || Str::startsWith($name, 'heading')) {
                 // If there's JSON but no news, events or promo data, assign the component array as data
diff --git a/factories/Article.php b/factories/Article.php
index c98e239a..1e28df7a 100644
--- a/factories/Article.php
+++ b/factories/Article.php
@@ -20,149 +20,9 @@ public function __construct(Factory $faker)
      */
     public function create($limit = 1, $flatten = false, $options = [])
     {
-        $hero = [
-            'featured' => 0,
-            'url' => '/styleguide/image/1600x580',
-            'caption' => $this->faker->sentence(rand(5, 10)),
-            'alt_text' => $this->faker->sentence(rand(5, 10)),
-            'type' => 'Hero Image',
-        ];
+        $data['data'] = app(ArticleComponent::class)->create($limit, $flatten, $options);
 
-        $social = [
-            'featured' => 0,
-            'url' => '/styleguide/image/1600x580',
-            'caption' => $this->faker->sentence(rand(5, 10)),
-            'alt_text' => $this->faker->sentence(rand(5, 10)),
-            'type' => 'Social Image',
-        ];
-
-        $featured = [
-            'featured' => 1,
-            'url' => '/styleguide/image/770x434',
-            'caption' => $this->faker->sentence(rand(5, 10)),
-            'alt_text' => $this->faker->sentence(rand(5, 10)),
-            'type' => 'Embeddable',
-        ];
-
-        $faculty = [];
-        for ($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++) {
-            $faculty[] = [
-                'id' => $this->faker->randomDigit(),
-                'first_name' => $this->faker->firstName(),
-                'last_name' => $this->faker->lastName(),
-                'accessid' => $this->faker->randomLetter().$this->faker->randomLetter().$this->faker->randomNumber(4, true),
-            ];
-        }
-
-        $programs = [];
-        for ($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++) {
-            $programs[] = [
-                'name' => $this->faker->randomElement(['Accounting (BS)', 'Art Education (BA)', 'Biological Sciences (BA)', 'Chemical Engineering (MS)']),
-                'url' => 'https://wayne.edu',
-            ];
-        }
-
-        $assets = [];
-        for ($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++) {
-            $assets[] = [
-                'id' => $this->faker->randomDigit(),
-                'url' => 'https://wayne.edu',
-                'caption' => $this->faker->sentence(),
-                'filename' => substr(md5($this->faker->sentence()), 0, 10).'.pdf',
-            ];
-        }
-
-        for ($i = 1; $i <= $limit; $i++) {
-            $data['data'][$i] = [
-                'id' => $i,
-                'user_id' => $this->faker->randomDigit(),
-                'application_id' => $this->faker->randomDigit(),
-                'favicon_id' => null,
-                'title' => $this->faker->sentence(rand(6, 10)),
-                'short_title' => $this->faker->sentence(rand(3, 6)),
-                'sub_title' => null,
-                'permalink' => $this->faker->slug(),
-                'meta_description' => $this->faker->sentence(),
-                'body' => '<p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(8).'</p>
-                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(8).'</p>
-                <figure class="figure" style="padding-bottom:10px; float:right">
-                    <img alt="Placeholder" height="400" src="/styleguide/image/300x400?text=Figure%20float%20right" style="padding:10px" width="300">
-                    <figcaption>'.$this->faker->paragraph().'</figcaption>
-                </figure>
-                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph().'</p>
-                <blockquote class="blockquote1">
-                    <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(1).'</p>
-                </blockquote>
-                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(8).'</p>
-                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(8).'</p>
-                <blockquote class="blockquote2">
-                    <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(1).'</p>
-                </blockquote>
-                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(8).'</p>
-                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(8).'</p>
-                <p>&nbsp;</p>
-                <h2>'.$this->faker->paragraph(1).'</h2>
-                <figure class="figure" style="padding-bottom:10px; float:left">
-                    <img alt="Placeholder" height="600" src="/styleguide/image/800x600?text=Figure%20float%20left" style="padding:10px" width="800">
-                    <figcaption>'.$this->faker->paragraph().'</figcaption>
-                </figure>
-                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(8).'</p>
-                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(15).'</p>
-                <blockquote class="blockquote3">
-                    <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(5).'</p>
-                </blockquote>
-                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(15).'</p>
-                <div style="text-align:center">
-                    <figure class="figure" style="display:inline-block">
-                        <img alt="Placeholder" height="450" src="/styleguide/image/800x450?text=Figure%20centered" style="padding:10px" width="800">
-                        <figcaption>'.$this->faker->paragraph().'</figcaption>
-                    </figure>
-                </div>
-                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(15).'</p>
-                <img alt="Placeholder" height="400" src="/styleguide/image/300x400?text=Image%20float%20right" style="padding:10px; float:right" width="300">
-                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(8).'</p>
-                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(15).'</p>
-                <img alt="Placeholder" height="300" src="/styleguide/image/400x300?text=Image%20float%20left" style="padding:10px; float:left" width="400">
-                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(8).'</p>
-                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(15).'</p>
-                <p style="text-align:center">
-                    <img alt="Placeholder" height="350" src="/styleguide/image/800x350?text=Image%20centered" style="padding:10px" width="800">
-                </p>
-                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(8).'</p>
-                ',
-                'article_date' => $this->faker->date(),
-                'status' => 'Published',
-                'link' => '/styleguide/'.config('base.news_view_route').'/item-1',
-                'hero_image' => $hero,
-                'social_image' => $social,
-                'featured' => $featured,
-                'files' => [
-                    0 => $hero,
-                    1 => $featured,
-                ],
-                'assets' => $this->faker->randomElements($assets, rand(1, 3)),
-                'faculty' => $this->faker->randomElements($faculty, rand(1, 3)),
-                'programs' => $this->faker->randomElements($programs, rand(1, 3)),
-                'favicon' => null,
-                'user' => null,
-                'applications' => null,
-            ];
-
-            $data['data'][$i] = array_replace_recursive($data['data'][$i], $options);
-        }
-
-        if ($limit === 1 && $flatten === true) {
-            $data['data'] = current($data['data']);
-        }
-
-        $data['meta'] = [
-            'total' => '',
-            'per_page' => '',
-            'current_page' => '',
-            'last_page' => 3,
-            'next_page_url' => '',
-            'prev_page_url' => '',
-        ];
+        $data['meta'] = app(ArticleMeta::class)->create(1, true);
 
         return $data;
     }
diff --git a/factories/ArticleComponent.php b/factories/ArticleComponent.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db1f0088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/factories/ArticleComponent.php
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Factories;
+
+use Contracts\Factories\FactoryContract;
+use Faker\Factory;
+
+class ArticleComponent implements FactoryContract
+{
+    /**
+     * Construct the factory.
+     */
+    public function __construct(Factory $faker)
+    {
+        $this->faker = $faker->create();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function create($limit = 1, $flatten = false, $options = [])
+    {
+        $hero = [
+            'featured' => 0,
+            'url' => '/styleguide/image/1600x580',
+            'caption' => $this->faker->sentence(rand(5, 10)),
+            'alt_text' => $this->faker->sentence(rand(5, 10)),
+            'type' => 'Hero Image',
+        ];
+
+        $social = [
+            'featured' => 0,
+            'url' => '/styleguide/image/1600x580',
+            'caption' => $this->faker->sentence(rand(5, 10)),
+            'alt_text' => $this->faker->sentence(rand(5, 10)),
+            'type' => 'Social Image',
+        ];
+
+        $featured = [
+            'featured' => 1,
+            'url' => '/styleguide/image/770x434',
+            'caption' => $this->faker->sentence(rand(5, 10)),
+            'alt_text' => $this->faker->sentence(rand(5, 10)),
+            'type' => 'Embeddable',
+        ];
+
+        $faculty = [];
+        for ($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++) {
+            $faculty[] = [
+                'id' => $this->faker->randomDigit(),
+                'first_name' => $this->faker->firstName(),
+                'last_name' => $this->faker->lastName(),
+                'accessid' => $this->faker->randomLetter().$this->faker->randomLetter().$this->faker->randomNumber(4, true),
+            ];
+        }
+
+        $programs = [];
+        for ($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++) {
+            $programs[] = [
+                'name' => $this->faker->randomElement(['Accounting (BS)', 'Art Education (BA)', 'Biological Sciences (BA)', 'Chemical Engineering (MS)']),
+                'url' => 'https://wayne.edu',
+            ];
+        }
+
+        $assets = [];
+        for ($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++) {
+            $assets[] = [
+                'id' => $this->faker->randomDigit(),
+                'url' => 'https://wayne.edu',
+                'caption' => $this->faker->sentence(),
+                'filename' => substr(md5($this->faker->sentence()), 0, 10).'.pdf',
+            ];
+        }
+
+        for ($i = 1; $i <= $limit; $i++) {
+            $data[$i] = [
+                'id' => $i,
+                'user_id' => $this->faker->randomDigit(),
+                'application_id' => $this->faker->randomDigit(),
+                'favicon_id' => null,
+                'title' => $this->faker->sentence(rand(6, 10)),
+                'short_title' => $this->faker->sentence(rand(3, 6)),
+                'sub_title' => null,
+                'permalink' => $this->faker->slug(),
+                'meta_description' => $this->faker->sentence(),
+                'body' => '<p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(8).'</p>
+                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(8).'</p>
+                <figure class="figure" style="padding-bottom:10px; float:right">
+                    <img alt="Placeholder" height="400" src="/styleguide/image/300x400?text=Figure%20float%20right" style="padding:10px" width="300">
+                    <figcaption>'.$this->faker->paragraph().'</figcaption>
+                </figure>
+                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph().'</p>
+                <blockquote class="blockquote1">
+                    <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(1).'</p>
+                </blockquote>
+                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(8).'</p>
+                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(8).'</p>
+                <blockquote class="blockquote2">
+                    <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(1).'</p>
+                </blockquote>
+                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(8).'</p>
+                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(8).'</p>
+                <p>&nbsp;</p>
+                <h2>'.$this->faker->paragraph(1).'</h2>
+                <figure class="figure" style="padding-bottom:10px; float:left">
+                    <img alt="Placeholder" height="600" src="/styleguide/image/800x600?text=Figure%20float%20left" style="padding:10px" width="800">
+                    <figcaption>'.$this->faker->paragraph().'</figcaption>
+                </figure>
+                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(8).'</p>
+                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(15).'</p>
+                <blockquote class="blockquote3">
+                    <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(5).'</p>
+                </blockquote>
+                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(15).'</p>
+                <div style="text-align:center">
+                    <figure class="figure" style="display:inline-block">
+                        <img alt="Placeholder" height="450" src="/styleguide/image/800x450?text=Figure%20centered" style="padding:10px" width="800">
+                        <figcaption>'.$this->faker->paragraph().'</figcaption>
+                    </figure>
+                </div>
+                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(15).'</p>
+                <img alt="Placeholder" height="400" src="/styleguide/image/300x400?text=Image%20float%20right" style="padding:10px; float:right" width="300">
+                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(8).'</p>
+                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(15).'</p>
+                <img alt="Placeholder" height="300" src="/styleguide/image/400x300?text=Image%20float%20left" style="padding:10px; float:left" width="400">
+                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(8).'</p>
+                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(15).'</p>
+                <p style="text-align:center">
+                    <img alt="Placeholder" height="350" src="/styleguide/image/800x350?text=Image%20centered" style="padding:10px" width="800">
+                </p>
+                <p>'.$this->faker->paragraph(8).'</p>
+                ',
+                'article_date' => $this->faker->date(),
+                'status' => 'Published',
+                'link' => '/styleguide/'.config('base.news_view_route').'/item-1',
+                'hero_image' => $hero,
+                'social_image' => $social,
+                'featured' => $featured,
+                'files' => [
+                    0 => $hero,
+                    1 => $featured,
+                ],
+                'assets' => $this->faker->randomElements($assets, rand(1, 3)),
+                'faculty' => $this->faker->randomElements($faculty, rand(1, 3)),
+                'programs' => $this->faker->randomElements($programs, rand(1, 3)),
+                'favicon' => null,
+                'user' => null,
+                'applications' => null,
+            ];
+
+            $data[$i] = array_replace_recursive($data[$i], $options);
+        }
+
+        if ($limit === 1 && $flatten === true) {
+            $data = current($data);
+        }
+
+        return $data;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/factories/ArticleMeta.php b/factories/ArticleMeta.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e30359eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/factories/ArticleMeta.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Factories;
+
+use Contracts\Factories\FactoryContract;
+use Faker\Factory;
+
+class ArticleMeta implements FactoryContract
+{
+    /**
+     * Construct the factory.
+     */
+    public function __construct(Factory $faker)
+    {
+        $this->faker = $faker->create();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function create($limit = 1, $flatten = false, $options = [])
+    {
+        $data = [
+            'total' => '',
+            'per_page' => '',
+            'current_page' => '',
+            'last_page' => 3,
+            'next_page_url' => '',
+            'prev_page_url' => '',
+        ];
+
+        return $data;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/resources/views/components/news-column.blade.php b/resources/views/components/news-column.blade.php
index a169a1eb..8452e115 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/news-column.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/news-column.blade.php
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
     $url => string '/news/'
     $link_text => string // 'More news'
 --}}
-@if(!empty($data['data']))
+@if(!empty($data))
     <ul>
-        @foreach($data['data'] as $item)
+        @foreach($data as $item)
             <li class="mb-4">
                 <a href="{{ $item['link'] }}" class="underline hover:no-underline font-normal">
                     {{ $item['title'] }}
diff --git a/resources/views/components/news-featured-column.blade.php b/resources/views/components/news-featured-column.blade.php
index 6af37eab..5fe5a2e4 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/news-featured-column.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/news-featured-column.blade.php
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
     $url => string '/news/'
     $link_text => string // 'More news'
 --}}
-@if(!empty($data['data']))
+@if(!empty($data))
     <ul>
-        @foreach($data['data'] as $item)
+        @foreach($data as $item)
             @if($loop->iteration === 1)
                 <li class="bg-green-800">
                     <a href="{{ $item['link'] }}" class="relative block mb-6 group">
diff --git a/resources/views/components/news-row.blade.php b/resources/views/components/news-row.blade.php
index c932a35e..56386a48 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/news-row.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/news-row.blade.php
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
     $url => string '/news.php'
     $link_text => string // 'More news'
 --}}
-@if(!empty($data['data']))
+@if(!empty($data))
     <ul class="grid gap-x-6 gap-y-4 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-2 xl:grid-cols-{{ !empty($component['limit']) ? $component['limit'] : '4' }}">
-        @foreach($data['data'] as $item)
+        @foreach($data as $item)
             <li class="group flex items-start md:block">
                 <a class="group-hover:no-underline flex items-start md:block" href="{{ $item['link'] }}">
                     @image($item['featured']['url'] ?? 'https://wayne.edu/opengraph/wsu-social-share.png', $item['featured']['alt_text'] ?? 'Wayne State University', 'block lazy w-1/3 shrink-0 mr-2 mb-2 md:w-full md:mr-0 md:shrink')
diff --git a/styleguide/Http/Controllers/ChildpageWithComponentsController.php b/styleguide/Http/Controllers/ChildpageWithComponentsController.php
index e80232c6..8e333bfc 100644
--- a/styleguide/Http/Controllers/ChildpageWithComponentsController.php
+++ b/styleguide/Http/Controllers/ChildpageWithComponentsController.php
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 use Factories\Spotlight;
 use Factories\Button;
 use Factories\GenericPromo;
-use Factories\Article;
+use Factories\ArticleMeta;
+use Factories\ArticleComponent;
 use Factories\Event;
 use Factories\Video;
 
@@ -102,7 +103,8 @@ public function index(Request $request): View
             ],
 
             'news-column' => [
-                'data' => app(Article::class)->create(3, false),
+                'data' => app(ArticleComponent::class)->create(3, false),
+                'meta' => app(ArticleMeta::class)->create(),
                 'component' => [
                     'filename' => 'news-column',
                 ],
diff --git a/styleguide/Http/Controllers/ComponentArticleListingController.php b/styleguide/Http/Controllers/ComponentArticleListingController.php
index 77a35738..14dd47ca 100644
--- a/styleguide/Http/Controllers/ComponentArticleListingController.php
+++ b/styleguide/Http/Controllers/ComponentArticleListingController.php
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Faker\Factory;
 use Factories\Article;
+use Factories\ArticleMeta;
+use Factories\ArticleComponent;
 
 class ComponentArticleListingController extends Controller
 {
@@ -85,21 +87,24 @@ public function index(Request $request): View
                 ],
             ],
             'news-column-1' => [
-                'data' => app(Article::class)->create(5, false),
+                'data' => app(ArticleComponent::class)->create(5, false),
+                'meta' => app(ArticleMeta::class)->create(),
                 'component' => [
                     'heading' => 'News column',
                     'filename' => 'news-column',
                 ],
             ],
             'news-featured-column-1' => [
-                'data' => app(Article::class)->create(4, false),
+                'data' => app(ArticleComponent::class)->create(4, false),
+                'meta' => app(ArticleMeta::class)->create(),
                 'component' => [
                     'heading' => 'Featured news column',
                     'filename' => 'news-featured-column',
                 ],
             ],
             'news-row-1' => [
-                'data' => app(Article::class)->create(4, false),
+                'data' => app(ArticleComponent::class)->create(4, false),
+                'meta' => app(ArticleMeta::class)->create(),
                 'component' => [
                     'heading' => 'News row',
                     'filename' => 'news-row',
diff --git a/styleguide/Http/Controllers/FullWidthController.php b/styleguide/Http/Controllers/FullWidthController.php
index 7be94b0f..bc256a33 100644
--- a/styleguide/Http/Controllers/FullWidthController.php
+++ b/styleguide/Http/Controllers/FullWidthController.php
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 use Factories\Spotlight;
 use Factories\Button;
 use Factories\GenericPromo;
-use Factories\Article;
+use Factories\ArticleMeta;
+use Factories\ArticleComponent;
 use Factories\Event;
 
 class FullWidthController extends Controller
@@ -123,7 +124,8 @@ public function index(Request $request): View
             ],
 
             'news_row' => [
-                'data' => app(Article::class)->create(4, false),
+                'data' => app(ArticleComponent::class)->create(4, false),
+                'meta' => app(ArticleMeta::class)->create(),
                 'component' => [
                     'heading' => 'Featured news',
                     'filename' => 'news-row',
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Repositories/ModularPageRepositoryTest.php b/tests/Unit/Repositories/ModularPageRepositoryTest.php
index 5e0a645e..cc7fb2c6 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Repositories/ModularPageRepositoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Repositories/ModularPageRepositoryTest.php
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public function get_modular_page_components_featured_news(): void
         // Run the promos through the repository
         $modularComponents = app(ModularPageRepository::class, ['wsuApi' => $wsuApi])->getModularComponents($data);
 
-        $this->assertCount(count($return['data']), $modularComponents['news-row-1']['data']['data']);
+        $this->assertCount(count($return['data']), $modularComponents['news-row-1']['data']);
     }
 
     #[Test]
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ public function get_modular_page_components_news(): void
         // Run the promos through the repository
         $modularComponents = app(ModularPageRepository::class, ['wsuApi' => $wsuApi])->getModularComponents($data);
 
-        $this->assertCount(count($return['data']), $modularComponents['news-column-1']['data']['data']);
+        $this->assertCount(count($return['data']), $modularComponents['news-column-1']['data']);
     }
 
     #[Test]