diff --git a/.forestry/front_matter/templates/newslinks.yml b/.forestry/front_matter/templates/newslinks.yml
index f128bfd3..dbc07145 100644
--- a/.forestry/front_matter/templates/newslinks.yml
+++ b/.forestry/front_matter/templates/newslinks.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ fields:
       export_format: YYYY-MM-DD
     description: For <strong>events</strong>, use the date of the event itself.<br>For
       all other link types, use the date the original item was published.
+  - name: publishing_date
+    type: datetime
+    label: Publishing Date
+    description: When the event link should be published.<br>Use this to schedule
+      publishing the event in the future.<br>If you don't want to schedule, just ignore
+      this.
+    config:
+      required: false
+      date_format: 
+      time_format: 
+      display_utc: true
+    default: now
   - type: text
     name: path
     label: URL