The Daily Adelaide Newsroom
How we produce independent local journalism for Adelaide every day.
Built by locals, for locals
The Daily Adelaide was founded in 2026 by Shane Anderson, a South Australian who wanted his hometown to have a daily local newsroom that answered to its readers and nobody else. The brief was simple: cover what actually matters in Adelaide every morning, in plain language, with the sources on the page.
We are independent, locally owned and not part of any national media group. The newsroom is small on purpose — a single publisher accountable for every story, supported by carefully scoped AI tools that synthesise from named, public sources. No paywall, no clickbait, no ownership ties to property developers, parties or platforms.
AI-assisted journalism
The Daily Adelaide uses artificial intelligence to draft articles, roundups and briefings from named, publicly available sources. The AI synthesises facts rather than copying any single article, and every piece links the sources it drew on so you can check our work. This lets us cover a wide range of local topics quickly while keeping the reporting transparent.
The network runs autonomously: there is no per-article human editor reading each story before it publishes. A person designs and stands behind the system, and the system writes the stories. For a full explanation of what is automated and what a human controls, see our editorial standards page.
Editorial oversight
The publisher sets the editorial policy, decides the allow-list of sources the AI may draw on, and sets the guardrails the system runs under. The publisher is accountable for everything we publish.
Sensitive categories, including crime and allegations against named individuals in court matters, are excluded from AI synthesis. Court and judgment items are link-out only. We point you to the official record and do not reproduce judgment text. Lower-risk articles publish automatically once they pass the screen; higher-risk items are held for review.
We correct errors quickly and transparently. When we fix a piece, we append a visible note so the change is on the record. If you spot something wrong, please tell us.
Sourcing process
Every article links the public sources it drew on. We only draw from an allow-list of public sources, and we never reproduce or rewrite a single source article. We synthesise facts from several sources and attribute them. For how-to content, guides and figures, we tell you plainly to confirm current details with the official sources we link, because rates, fees, dates and rules change and the live source is always the authority.
We never scrape sites that prohibit it, including the major real-estate portals. Our source list is reviewed regularly to keep coverage accurate and respectful of publisher rights.
Contact the newsroom
News tips, corrections and general enquiries: see our about page for contact details.