BREAKING: City Council approves new transit planUPDATE: School board releases budget proposalALERT: Police department issues quarterly crime reportNOTIFICATION: County health department updates COVID guidelinesJUST IN: Housing authority approves new developmentBREAKING: City Council approves new transit planUPDATE: School board releases budget proposalALERT: Police department issues quarterly crime reportNOTIFICATION: County health department updates COVID guidelinesJUST IN: Housing authority approves new development

Stop Refreshing. Start Reporting.

BeatNews monitors your newsroom's most important websites — city departments, transit authorities, press rooms, public boards — and delivers every meaningful update, with zero noise and full context.

Schedule a Demo

Built for Local Newsrooms That Live on the Beat

Track the Sites That Matter

We monitor city agencies, public boards, press rooms, and government pages — even the ones without RSS.

Real-Time Alerts

Know the moment a memo, document, or update goes live. No more refreshing pages or missing drops.

Feeds by Beat

Each reporter sees only what matters to their coverage area. Editors get full visibility across the newsroom.

PDFs and Documents, Handled

No more broken links or clunky downloads. Read meeting packets, attachments, and memos directly in your feed.

Built for Newsrooms

One account per team. Reporters track their beat. Editors manage coverage from a shared dashboard.

Custom Sources, No Coding

Need a site added? Just tell us. We'll track it and route updates to the right beat — no tech work required.

How It Works

Step 1

You Tell Us What You Watch

Share the government pages and city sites that matter to your beat. We'll get them set up for tracking.

Step 2

We Track Every Update

BeatNews checks those sites constantly, catches new documents, memos, and posts as they go live.

Step 3

Your Team Gets the Feed

Each reporter gets updates for their beat. Editors see everything. No more checking sites by hand.

AI Summaries Are Coming

We're training BeatNews to summarize memos and agency updates so you can skim less and report faster.

Launching Summer 2025

Ready to Break the Next Big Story?

Local reporters use BeatNews to catch updates first.

Schedule a Demo