Search Desk Access
Recent + archive
Ask the AI desk about the last 7 days of local coverage, sports, events, traffic, and older archive material without leaving the site.
Create Your Account
Comments become public forum posts. The search desk and distillery tools become more useful once the newsroom can tie tips and calls back to a verified account.
Google signup
Start with Google if you want a faster account setup and a verified identity handoff into the desk.
What You Unlock
Tip Intake + Media Review
Staff queue
Send story tips, upload media, and route items into pending review with AI-generated tags and a structured summary for staff.
Use The Distillery
Research + publish
Pull sources into private knowledge, rewrite them into usable newsroom entries, and promote them into public local coverage when they are ready.