The The Daily Geelong Newsroom
AI-assisted journalism with editorial oversight. Sourced, verified and published daily for Geelong.
Founder story
Built by locals, for locals.
The Daily Geelong was founded by Shane Anderson, a Geelong local who got tired of watching the city's news get thinner, slower and less local every year. He started this masthead to do the opposite: cover Geelong every day, clearly, with named bylines and linked sources, in a two-minute read you can trust before your first coffee.
The Daily Geelong is independent and Australian-owned. It is part of the Daily Network, a family of 19 city mastheads built on the same standards. We don't take sides; we don't republish other outlets' work; and we publish a correction the moment we know about an error. If you read us every day, you'll know what's going on in Geelong.
How we cover Geelong
The Daily Geelong is a local news service built for Geelong. Our reporting pipeline combines automated source monitoring with editorial guardrails so that every article is both timely and accountable. We do not run a traditional newsroom of reporters on the ground; instead, we use AI to synthesise publicly available information from named sources, then apply automated and human checks before anything reaches readers.
AI-assisted journalism
Articles are generated by AI from an allow-list of public sources that we link in every piece. The AI synthesises facts across sources rather than reproducing any single article. This lets us cover a wide range of topics quickly while keeping every claim traceable to its origin.
Because the process is automated, we are transparent about it. We do not use fake author names, AI-generated portraits or fabricated bios. Pieces are bylined to the publication or desk so you know what you are reading.
Editorial oversight
The publisher sets the editorial policy, chooses the sources the system may draw on, and defines the guardrails that control what can and cannot be published. Sensitive categories including crime, allegations against named individuals and court matters are excluded from automated synthesis. Items in those categories are held back until a person has reviewed them.
For a full explanation of our guardrails see our editorial standards.
Sourcing and verification
Every article links the public sources it drew on, so you can check our work against the originals. We do not reproduce or rewrite a single source article in full. For guides, fees and figures content, we plainly advise readers to confirm current details with the official sources we link, because rates, dates and rules change.
Accountability and corrections
We correct errors quickly and transparently. When a piece is updated or corrected we append a visible note so the change is on the record. If you spot something wrong, please reach out via our contact page.
Contact the newsroom
News tips, corrections and general enquiries: contact page.
For more about who we are and how to reach us, visit our about page.