About The Daily Network

The Daily Network is a family of independent local news publications, each dedicated to a single city or region. We were founded by Shane Anderson to bring consistent, everyday local coverage - news, weather, and community information - to places that are too often overlooked by larger media organisations. Each title is independently owned and operated as part of the Network. We are a small, technology-led team. That is our advantage: it lets us cover more communities, more consistently, than a traditional newsroom of our size ever could.

Our editorial standards

• Accuracy first. We aim to be factual and fair. When we get something wrong, we correct it promptly and transparently.
• Sourcing. Reporting on news events draws on identifiable sources. Coverage of sensitive matters is verified before publication.
• Independence. Our editorial decisions are our own. Where content is sponsored or commercial, it is labelled as such.
• Community focus. We cover the things that matter locally - and we welcome corrections, tips, and feedback from the communities we serve.

How we use AI

Like a growing number of modern newsrooms, we use artificial intelligence to help us produce and organise coverage at the scale local communities deserve. We believe in being open about it.

• AI assists; people are accountable. AI helps our team draft, summarise, and structure content. Editorial responsibility for what we publish rests with us, not with any tool.
• Sensitive coverage gets human review. Reporting that names individuals or touches on courts, crime, health, or other sensitive areas is reviewed by a person before it is published.
• We disclose it. Where AI has materially assisted an article, we say so.
• What AI does not do. We do not publish AI-generated claims about real, identifiable people in sensitive contexts without human verification. Content that cannot be verified is held, not published.

Our use of AI is a tool for doing local journalism more widely - not a substitute for the judgement, accountability, and community connection that good journalism requires.