News that belongs to the place it’s written in.
Sydney Times News is one of five state newsrooms in a network built on a simple idea: the stories that matter most are usually the ones happening down the road. We cover New South Wales with reporters who live here, for readers who do too.
Our story
We started as a single weekly paper and grew, state by state, into a network that still runs like a local. Each masthead keeps its own name, its own voice and its own patch — because a reader in Perth and a reader in Adelaide are not looking for the same front page.
What we share is a newsroom standard: report first, verify twice, and never treat a community as a story we’re passing through.
What we stand for
Local first
The council meeting, the school fete, the road that never gets fixed — the news that national outlets skip is the news we lead with.
Accuracy over speed
We would rather be right than first. Every story is checked, sourced and corrected openly when we get it wrong.
For the community
We are funded by readers and local business, not clickbait. Our job is to be useful to the place we live in.
The newsroom
One network, five states
Every masthead runs the same trusted design and standards. Switch between them any time.