A lot depends on how much technological stuff you want to do instead of focusing on writing, and how peculiar and exacting you will be in how you want to set up

A lot depends on how much technological stuff you want to do instead of focusing on writing, and how peculiar and exacting you will be in how you want to set up your site. If you can be satisfied with anything that fits a fairly simple list, and not be picky about small details, just go with whatever you can install and get working first. If you are going to take time away from writing articles to be precise and picky, you need to write your own from scratch or choose something that is pretty flexible. In that case I would advise Drupal. I would also advise finding a good freelancer you can have do everything for you, and concentrate on reporting and writing, as soon as you can afford it.