diff --git a/assets/migrations/20250102152758_article.sql b/assets/migrations/20250102152758_article.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a907af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/migrations/20250102152758_article.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+-- +goose Up
+-- +goose StatementBegin
+CREATE TABLE articles (
+    id              INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+    title           VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+    sourceUrl       VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+    author          VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+    content         TEXT NOT NULL,
+    publishDate     DATETIME NOT NULL,
+    fetchDate       DATETIME NOT NULL
+);
+-- +goose StatementEnd
+
+-- +goose Down
+-- +goose StatementBegin
+DROP TABLE articles;
+-- +goose StatementEnd
diff --git a/assets/migrations/20250102232127_article_fts.sql b/assets/migrations/20250102232127_article_fts.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28b51b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/migrations/20250102232127_article_fts.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+-- +goose Up
+-- +goose StatementBegin
+CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE fts_articles USING fts5(id, content);
+INSERT INTO fts_articles (id, content) SELECT id, title || '\n' || author || '\n' || content FROM articles;
+-- +goose StatementEnd
+
+-- +goose Down
+-- +goose StatementBegin
+DROP TABLE fts_articles;
+-- +goose StatementEnd
diff --git a/cmd/crawler/main.go b/cmd/crawler/main.go
index f79feeb..5c95458 100644
--- a/cmd/crawler/main.go
+++ b/cmd/crawler/main.go
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"crowsnest/internal/model"
-	"crowsnest/internal/data"
+	"crowsnest/internal/model/sqlite"
+	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gocolly/colly/v2"
+	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 )
 
 func spiegelCollector(results *map[string]*model.Article) *colly.Collector {
@@ -21,7 +24,6 @@ func spiegelCollector(results *map[string]*model.Article) *colly.Collector {
 	// create entry if not behind paywall
 	paywall_false_pattern := regexp.MustCompile("\"paywall\":{\"attributes\":{\"is_active\":false")
 	c.OnResponse(func(r *colly.Response) {
-
 		if paywall_false_pattern.Match(r.Body) {
 			url := r.Request.URL.String()
 			(*results)[url] = &model.Article{
@@ -86,7 +88,6 @@ func spiegelCollector(results *map[string]*model.Article) *colly.Collector {
 
 	// cascade
 	c.OnHTML("a[href]", func(e *colly.HTMLElement) {
-        fmt.Println(e.Attr("href"))
 		e.Request.Visit(e.Attr("href"))
 	})
 
@@ -99,14 +100,15 @@ func main() {
 
 	c.Visit("https://www.spiegel.de/")
 
-    // data store
-    fds, _ := data.NewFileDatastore("./persistence/spiegel.json")
-    repo, _ := data.NewDefaultRepository[*model.Article](fds, "article")
+    db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", "./persistence/app.db")
+    if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
+
+    db_articles := &sqlite.ArticleModel{ DB: db }
 
     counter := 0
 	for _, val := range res {
         counter++
-        repo.Create(val)
+        db_articles.Insert(val)
 	}
     fmt.Println(counter)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/frontend/Index.go b/cmd/frontend/Index.go
index f34ba18..ccf46ac 100644
--- a/cmd/frontend/Index.go
+++ b/cmd/frontend/Index.go
@@ -1,27 +1,16 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"crowsnest/internal/data"
 	"crowsnest/internal/model"
 	"html/template"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
-// sort criteria
-type articleDateOrder struct {}
-func (ord articleDateOrder) Weight(a *model.Article) int {
-    return int(a.PublishDate.Unix())
-}
-
 // List the latest articles using the base template. 
 func (app *App) Index(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-    // retrieve from repo
-    fds, err := data.NewFileDatastore("persistence/spiegel100.json")
-    if err != nil { http.Error(w, "Failed to load datastore", http.StatusInternalServerError); return; }
-    repo, err := data.NewDefaultRepository[*model.Article](fds, "article")
-    if err != nil { http.Error(w, "Failed to create repository", http.StatusInternalServerError); return; }
-    articles, err := repo.GetByCriteria(articleDateOrder{})
-    if err != nil { http.Error(w, "Failed to get articles", http.StatusInternalServerError); return; }
+    // get articles
+    articles, err := app.articles.All()
+    if err != nil { http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError); return; }
 
     // truncate
     if len(articles) > 10 {
diff --git a/cmd/frontend/UpSearch.go b/cmd/frontend/UpSearch.go
index 6d2d080..39f75bb 100644
--- a/cmd/frontend/UpSearch.go
+++ b/cmd/frontend/UpSearch.go
@@ -1,58 +1,23 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"crowsnest/internal/data"
 	"crowsnest/internal/model"
 	"html/template"
 	"net/http"
-	"regexp"
-	"strings"
 )
 
-// sort criteria
-type articleTermFrequency struct {
-    terms []string
-}
-
-func (ord articleTermFrequency) Weight(a *model.Article) int {
-    score := 0
-    for _, term := range ord.terms {
-        score += strings.Count(a.Content, term)
-    }
-    return score
-}
-
 // Enpoint that returns a list of articles given search terms in the post
 // request of a search form. Uses the content template.
 func (app *App) UpSearch(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-    // parse the form data
-    err := req.ParseForm()
-    if err != nil { http.Error(w, "Unable to parse form", http.StatusBadRequest); return; }
-
-    // collect search terms
-    p := regexp.MustCompile("\\s+")
-    searchTerms := make([]string, 0)
-    for _, elem := range p.Split(req.FormValue("search"), -1) {
-        elem = strings.TrimSpace(elem)
-        if elem == "" { continue }
-        searchTerms = append(searchTerms, elem)
-    }
-
-    // retrieve from repo
-    fds, _ := data.NewFileDatastore("persistence/spiegel100.json")
-    if err != nil { http.Error(w, "Failed to read datastore", http.StatusInternalServerError); return; }
-
-    repo, _ := data.NewDefaultRepository[*model.Article](fds, "article")
-    if err != nil { http.Error(w, "Failed to create repository", http.StatusInternalServerError); return; }
-
-    var articles []*model.Article
-    if len(searchTerms) != 0 {
-        articles, err = repo.GetByCriteria(articleTermFrequency{ terms: searchTerms })
-    } else {
+    searchTerms := req.FormValue("search")
+    if searchTerms == "" {
         app.Index(w, req)
         return
     }
-    if err != nil { http.Error(w, "Failed to get articles from repo", http.StatusInternalServerError); return; }
+    
+    // get articles
+    articles, err := app.articles.Search(searchTerms)
+    if err != nil { http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError); return; }
 
     // convert to viewmodel
     articleVMs := make([]*model.ArticleViewModel, 0, len(articles))
diff --git a/cmd/frontend/main.go b/cmd/frontend/main.go
index 789d33d..ce2f9c5 100644
--- a/cmd/frontend/main.go
+++ b/cmd/frontend/main.go
@@ -1,21 +1,32 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"crowsnest/internal/model/sqlite"
+	"database/sql"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
+
+	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 )
 
 
-type App struct {}
+type App struct {
+    articles *sqlite.ArticleModel
+}
 
 func main() {
-    app := &App{}
+    db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", "./persistence/app.db")
+    if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
+
+    app := &App{
+        articles: &sqlite.ArticleModel{ DB: db },
+    }
 
     server := http.Server{
         Addr:    ":8080",
         Handler: app.routes(),
     }
 
-    server.ListenAndServe()
     log.Println("server started, listening on :8080")
+    server.ListenAndServe()
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2b2ba49..a939b96 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20200121045136-8c9f03a8e57e // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/kennygrant/sanitize v1.2.4 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.24 // indirect
 	github.com/saintfish/chardet v0.0.0-20120816061221-3af4cd4741ca // indirect
 	github.com/temoto/robotstxt v1.1.1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200602114024-627f9648deb9 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 50b5cb1..ba2cd68 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/
 github.com/jawher/mow.cli v1.1.0/go.mod h1:aNaQlc7ozF3vw6IJ2dHjp2ZFiA4ozMIYY6PyuRJwlUg=
 github.com/kennygrant/sanitize v1.2.4 h1:gN25/otpP5vAsO2djbMhF/LQX6R7+O1TB4yv8NzpJ3o=
 github.com/kennygrant/sanitize v1.2.4/go.mod h1:LGsjYYtgxbetdg5owWB2mpgUL6e2nfw2eObZ0u0qvak=
+github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.24 h1:tpSp2G2KyMnnQu99ngJ47EIkWVmliIizyZBfPrBWDRM=
+github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.24/go.mod h1:Uh1q+B4BYcTPb+yiD3kU8Ct7aC0hY9fxUwlHK0RXw+Y=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
 github.com/saintfish/chardet v0.0.0-20120816061221-3af4cd4741ca h1:NugYot0LIVPxTvN8n+Kvkn6TrbMyxQiuvKdEwFdR9vI=
diff --git a/internal/data/DefaultRepository.go b/internal/data/DefaultRepository.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9766753..0000000
--- a/internal/data/DefaultRepository.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
-package data
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
-	"slices"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-// Default implementation of IRepository using an IDatastore.
-type DefaultRepository[T IIdentifiable] struct {
-    ds      IDatastore
-    prefix  string
-}
-
-// Creates a new DefaultRepository for a generic type T given a IDatastore and
-// a prefix. The type T must implement the IIdentifiable interface. The prefix
-// will be used for the key for every entry using the created repository. The
-// prefix should be not yet be in use in the given datastore and not contain a
-// ':' character.
-func NewDefaultRepository[T IIdentifiable](ds IDatastore, prefix string) (*DefaultRepository[T], error) {
-    if strings.Contains(prefix, ":") { return nil, errors.New("prefix should not contain ':'") }
-    return &DefaultRepository[T]{ ds: ds, prefix: prefix }, nil
-}
-
-// Creates a new entry in the repository with the given object t. Throws an
-// error if there already exists an entry with the same id, the json encoding
-// fails or the connection to the IDatastore fails.
-func (repo *DefaultRepository[T]) Create(t T) error {
-    key := repo.prefix + ":" + t.Id()
-    exists, err := repo.ds.KeyExists(key)
-    if err != nil { return err }
-    if exists { return errors.New("entry with given id already exists") }
-
-    d, err := json.Marshal(t)
-    if err != nil { return err }
-    
-    err = repo.ds.Set(key, string(d))
-    if err != nil { return err }
-
-    return nil
-}
-
-// Updates the entry with the same id as t in the repository with the values of
-// t. Trows an error if the json encoding fails or the connection to the
-// IDatastore fails.
-func (repo *DefaultRepository[T]) Update(t T) error {
-    key := repo.prefix + ":" + t.Id()
-    exists, err := repo.ds.KeyExists(key)
-    if err != nil { return err }
-    if !exists { return errors.New("no entry with given id") }
-
-    d, err := json.Marshal(t)
-    if err != nil { return err }
-    
-    err = repo.ds.Set(key, string(d))
-    if err != nil { return err }
-
-    return nil
-}
-
-// Delete the entry with the same id as t in the repository. Trows an error if
-// the connection to the IDatastore fails or the key of t does not exist.
-func (repo *DefaultRepository[T]) Delete(t T) error {
-    key := repo.prefix + ":" + t.Id()
-
-    exists, err := repo.ds.KeyExists(key)
-    if err != nil { return err }
-    if !exists { return errors.New("no entry with given id") }
-
-    err = repo.ds.Delete(key)
-    if err != nil { return err }
-
-    return nil
-}
-
-// Get all the objects of type T from the repository as a list. Trows an error
-// if the connection to the IDatastore fails.
-func (repo *DefaultRepository[T]) GetAll() ([]T, error) {
-    out := make([]T, 0)
-    
-    allkeys, err := repo.ds.GetAllKeys()
-    if err != nil { return nil, err }
-
-    for key, _ := range allkeys {
-        splitkey := strings.Split(key, ":")
-        if splitkey[0] == repo.prefix {
-
-            // retrieve the object
-            obj, err := repo.GetById(splitkey[1])
-            if err != nil { return nil, err }
-            out = append(out, obj)
-
-        }
-    }
-
-    return out, nil
-}
-
-// Get the objects of type T from the repository that has the given id. Trows an error
-// if the connection to the IDatastore or the decoding process fails.
-func (repo *DefaultRepository[T]) GetById(id string) (T, error) {
-    var obj T
-
-    key := repo.prefix + ":" + id
-    value, err := repo.ds.Get(key)
-    if err != nil { return obj, err }
-    
-    err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(value), &obj)
-    if err != nil { return obj, err }
-
-    return obj, nil
-}
-
-// Returns a slice of all elememts in the repo that have a
-// ISearchCriteria.Weight greater than 0 sort by that weight. Throws an error
-// when the elememts cannot be retrieved from the repo.
-func (repo *DefaultRepository[T]) GetByCriteria(c ISortCriteria[T]) ([]T, error) {
-    all, err := repo.GetAll()
-    if err != nil { return nil, err }
-
-    filtered := make([]T, 0)
-    for _, elem := range all {
-        if c.Weight(elem) > 0 { filtered = append(filtered, elem) }
-    }
-
-    slices.SortFunc(filtered, func(a, b T) int {
-        wa, wb := c.Weight(a), c.Weight(b)
-        if wa > wb { return -1 }
-        return 1
-    })
-
-    return filtered, nil
-}
diff --git a/internal/data/FileDatastore.go b/internal/data/FileDatastore.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 612554b..0000000
--- a/internal/data/FileDatastore.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,139 +0,0 @@
-package data
-
-import (
-    "os"
-    "maps"
-    "errors"
-    "encoding/json"
-)
-
-
-// A very simple datastructure, implementing the IDatastore interface. It uses
-// a simple text file to the data as json.
-type FileDatastore struct {
-    path string
-    data map[string]string
-}
-
-// Creates a new FileDatastore object, creating the storage file in the
-// process.
-func NewFileDatastore(path string) (*FileDatastore, error) {
-    fds := &FileDatastore{ path: path }
-
-    if _, err := fds.readMapObj(); err != nil {
-        if err := fds.writeMapObj(make(map[string]string)); err != nil { return nil, err }
-    }
-
-    return fds, nil
-}
-
-// Read the contents of the storage file and convert to a map object. May throw
-// an error, if the file does not exit or the file content can not be
-// converted.
-func (fds *FileDatastore) readMapObj() (map[string]string, error) {
-    if fds.data != nil {
-        return fds.data, nil
-    }
-
-    dat, err := os.ReadFile(fds.path)
-    if err != nil { return nil, err }
-
-    var mapobj map[string]string
-    err = json.Unmarshal(dat, &mapobj)
-    if err != nil { return nil, err }
-
-    return mapobj, nil
-}
-
-// Write the map object to the storage file. Will overwrite the content of the
-// file. May throw an error, if the file cannot be created or written to.
-func (fds *FileDatastore) writeMapObj(m map[string]string) error {
-    file, err := os.Create(fds.path)
-    if err != nil { return err }
-    defer file.Close()
-
-    encoder := json.NewEncoder(file)
-    if err := encoder.Encode(m); err != nil { return err }
-
-    fds.data = m
-
-    return nil
-}
-
-
-// --- implement IDatastore interface ---
-
-// Sets the key value pair given, overwriting if the key already exists. May
-// through an error if the file cannot be opened or the contents cannot be
-// decoded correctly.
-func (fds *FileDatastore) Set(key string, val string) error {
-    m, err := fds.readMapObj()
-    if err != nil { return err }
-
-    m[key] = val
-
-    err = fds.writeMapObj(m)
-    if err != nil { return err }
-
-    return nil
-}
-
-// Check if for the given key a entry does exit. May through an error if the
-// file cannot be opened or the contents cannot be decoded correctly.
-func (fds *FileDatastore) KeyExists(key string) (bool, error) {
-    m, err := fds.readMapObj()
-    if err != nil { return false, err }
-    
-    _, ok := m[key]
-
-    return ok, nil 
-}
-
-//  Gets the value for the given key. May through an error if the key does not
-//  exit, the file cannot be opened or the contents cannot be decoded
-//  correctly.
-func (fds *FileDatastore) Get(key string) (string, error) {
-    m, err := fds.readMapObj()
-    if err != nil { return "", err }
-
-    val, ok := m[key]
-    if !ok { return "", errors.New("key not found") }
-
-    return val, nil
-}
-
-// Gets all the key value pairs from the file and returns them as a map object.
-// May through an error if the file cannot be opened or the contents cannot be
-// decoded correctly.
-func (fds *FileDatastore) GetAll() (map[string]string, error) {
-    return fds.readMapObj()
-}
-
-// Gets all the key the file and returns them as a map object. May through an
-// error if the file cannot be opened or the contents cannot be decoded
-// correctly.
-func (fds *FileDatastore) GetAllKeys() (map[string]bool, error) {
-    m, err := fds.readMapObj()
-    if err != nil { return nil, err }
-
-    out := make(map[string]bool)
-    for key := range maps.Keys(m) {
-        out[key] = true
-    }
-
-    return out, nil 
-}
-
-// Deletes the entry with the given key. May through an error if the file
-// cannot be opened or the contents cannot be decoded or encoded correctly.
-func (fds *FileDatastore) Delete(key string) error {
-    m, err := fds.readMapObj()
-    if err != nil { return err }
-
-    delete(m, key)
-
-    err = fds.writeMapObj(m)
-    if err != nil { return err }
-
-    return nil 
-}
diff --git a/internal/data/IDatastore.go b/internal/data/IDatastore.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 70eaf19..0000000
--- a/internal/data/IDatastore.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-package data
-
-// Defines the first layer of abstraction on the interface to a persistent data
-// store. This may be a file or database.
-type IDatastore interface {
-    Set(key string, val string) error
-    KeyExists(key string)       (bool, error)
-    Get(key string)             (string, error)
-    GetAll()                    (map[string]string, error)
-    GetAllKeys()                (map[string]bool, error)
-    Delete(key string)          error
-}
diff --git a/internal/data/IIdentifiable.go b/internal/data/IIdentifiable.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e76159..0000000
--- a/internal/data/IIdentifiable.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package data
-
-// Defines an Id function that uniquely identifies an object. This may be used
-// as a primary key in a database/ datastore. 
-type IIdentifiable interface {
-    Id() string // not allowed to contain a ':'
-}
diff --git a/internal/data/IRepository.go b/internal/data/IRepository.go
deleted file mode 100644
index aa08b5d..0000000
--- a/internal/data/IRepository.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-package data
-
-// An interface to manage generic structure objects persistently. Should use an
-// IDatastore as the interface that actually stores and retrieves the data from
-// an external source.
-type IRepository[T IIdentifiable] interface {
-    Create(t T)                         error
-    Update(t T)                         error
-    Delete(t T)                         error
-    GetAll()                            ([]T, error)
-    GetById(id string)                  (T, error)
-    GetByCriteria(c ISortCriteria[T])   ([]T, error)
-}
diff --git a/internal/data/ISearchCriteria.go b/internal/data/ISearchCriteria.go
deleted file mode 100644
index bd0c246..0000000
--- a/internal/data/ISearchCriteria.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package data
-
-// Defines a Weight function that determines a order on type T. As an example
-// this may be used to sort article by date or filter for a search term. 
-type ISortCriteria[T any] interface {
-    Weight(t T) int
-}
diff --git a/internal/model/article.go b/internal/model/article.go
index fcb8dde..bbb6aae 100644
--- a/internal/model/article.go
+++ b/internal/model/article.go
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@ package model
 
 import (
     "time"
-    "crypto/sha256"
-    "encoding/hex"
 )
 
 
 // TODO docstring
 type Article struct {
+    Identifier  int
     SourceUrl   string
     PublishDate time.Time
     FetchDate   time.Time
@@ -42,13 +41,3 @@ func (a *Article) ViewModel() *ArticleViewModel {
         Summary: summary,
     }
 }
-
-
-// --- implement IIdentifiable interface ---
-
-// Generates a hash based on the source url of the article. Can be used to
-// identify the article.
-func (article *Article) Id() string {
-    hash := sha256.Sum256([]byte(article.SourceUrl))
-    return hex.EncodeToString(hash[:])
-}
diff --git a/internal/model/sqlite/articles.go b/internal/model/sqlite/articles.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..779b93b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/model/sqlite/articles.go
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package sqlite
+
+import (
+	"crowsnest/internal/model"
+	"database/sql"
+)
+
+// TODO docstring
+type ArticleModel struct {
+    DB *sql.DB
+}
+
+// TODO docstring
+func (m *ArticleModel) All() ([]model.Article, error) {
+    stmt := `
+        SELECT id, title, sourceUrl, author, content, publishDate, fetchDate 
+        FROM articles 
+        ORDER BY publishDate DESC
+    `
+    rows, err := m.DB.Query(stmt)
+    if err != nil { return nil, err }
+
+    articles := []model.Article{}
+    for rows.Next() {
+        a := model.Article{}
+        err := rows.Scan(&a.Identifier, &a.Title, &a.SourceUrl, &a.Author, &a.Content, &a.PublishDate, &a.FetchDate)
+        if err != nil { return nil, err }
+
+        articles = append(articles, a)
+    }
+    
+    if err = rows.Err(); err != nil { return nil,  err }
+
+    return articles, nil
+}
+
+// TODO docstring
+func (m *ArticleModel) Search(query string) ([]model.Article, error) {
+    stmt := `
+        SELECT id, title, sourceUrl, author, content, publishDate, fetchDate
+        FROM articles JOIN ( 
+            SELECT id as id2, rank FROM fts_articles WHERE content MATCH ?
+        ) ON id = id2 
+        ORDER BY rank ASC, publishDate DESC
+        LIMIT 10
+    `
+    rows, err := m.DB.Query(stmt, query)
+    if err != nil { return nil, err }
+
+    articles := []model.Article{}
+    for rows.Next() {
+        a := model.Article{}
+        err := rows.Scan(&a.Identifier, &a.Title, &a.SourceUrl, &a.Author, &a.Content, &a.PublishDate, &a.FetchDate)
+        if err != nil { return nil, err }
+
+        articles = append(articles, a)
+    }
+    
+    if err = rows.Err(); err != nil { return nil,  err }
+
+    return articles, nil
+}
+
+// Inserts a new article into the database. The id attribute of the given
+// article will be ignored. May throw an error if the execution of the database
+// query fails.
+func (m *ArticleModel) Insert(a *model.Article) error {
+    // begin transaction 
+    _, err := m.DB.Begin()
+    if err != nil { return err }
+
+    // insert article
+    stmt := `INSERT INTO articles (title, sourceUrl, author, content, publishDate, fetchDate)
+             VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+    `
+    result, err := m.DB.Exec(stmt, a.Title, a.SourceUrl, a.Author, a.Content, a.PublishDate, a.FetchDate)
+    if err != nil { return err }
+    lastId, err := result.LastInsertId()
+    if err != nil { return err }
+
+    // insert into fts_articles for full-text search
+    stmt = `INSERT INTO fts_articles (id, content)
+             VALUES (?, ? || '\n' || ? || '\n' || ?)
+    `
+    _, err = m.DB.Exec(stmt, lastId, a.Title, a.Author, a.Content)
+    return err
+}