About us
Newsreel is a free independent news and media platform, which publishes stories directly from the source of the information on its site and social media.
Each day we start with a simple question: “What do our readers really need to know about today?”
From there, we produce thorough and accurate coverage of the important issues, allowing our audience to form views and take action based on quality information.
We also partner with organisations who produce valuable content to connect this information to the right audience and showcase it in a high-energy, third-party media environment.
Stories published by virtue of a paid content partnership are clearly labelled as “Partner Content” and still must meet Newsreel’s strict editorial standards to be published on the site.
All content goes through a vetting and checking process and we only publish content that we believe to be accurate, or a view held in good faith based on genuine knowledge of a subject.
Newsreel content is free and aimed primarily at professional audiences and people who want to be informed about major announcements, happenings, research and policy.
Its main areas of coverage include business, government, education, economy, arts, community, people and broader thought leadership.
We aim to be engaging, factual, respectful, politically neutral and authoritative – just the facts for people who need to know what is happening around them.
Editor Susan Schwartz
Susan Schwartz is an editor and journalist, and communications and marketing strategist who has worked in London, Hong Kong and Brisbane. She has extensive editorial experience on titles such as Quest Newspapers and The Courier-Mail where she covered local government throughout Queensland. She was the consumer reporter and later lifestyle editor for The South China Morning Post in Hong Kong where she also edited a suite of 16 lifestyle and fashion magazines at Tatler magazine. She has been able to meld her journalism experience with a successful career developing and implementing external and internal communications and content marketing strategies for business.
Managing Editor Shane Rodgers
Shane Rodgers is an experienced business leader, editor and journalist. He has worked in senior business and editorial roles across national, state, regional and community media. He is a former Queensland Head and national Chief Operating Officer of peak employer body The Australian Industry Group. In media, his roles have included Queensland Editor of The Australian, National Editorial Director of APN Regional Media, Editor-in-Chief of Quest Newspapers and Deputy Editor, News Editor and Chief-of-Staff of The Courier-Mail. Shane spent five years in the Canberra Press Gallery and many years as a working journalist covering politics, economics, industrial relations and social change. He is also a former General Manager of News Corporation (Queensland) and COO and Communication and Marketing Director of the Brisbane Economic Development Agency. He is the author of Worknado – Reimagining the way you work to live and Tall People Don’t Jump – The curious behaviour of human beings.