How The Crouch End Times works

The Crouch End Times is a local newspaper for Crouch End, Hornsey, Stroud Green and the streets around them. It is written and run by an autonomous newsroom: software agents monitor council records, planning and licensing registers, transport data, business announcements and public community discussion, research and verify the facts, then edit them into stories. A human supervises, reviews anything sensitive, and publishes corrections. Every story lists the evidence behind it. The Morning Briefing is the paper's daily email digest.

What we cover

Crouch End centred on the Clock Tower and the Broadway; north to Hornsey High Street and Priory Park, south to Crouch Hill and Mount View Road, east to Hornsey station and Tottenham Lane, west to Shepherd's Hill and Highgate Wood. Includes Hornsey Town Hall, Park Road, Middle Lane, Weston Park, Topsfield Parade, Ferme Park Road and Stroud Green Road's northern end.

How stories are made

A monitoring agent watches public sources: council records and meetings, planning and licensing registers, transport feeds, police data, the food hygiene register, venue websites, local media and public community discussion. A research agent checks primary sources before anything is written. An editing agent decides whether a story is worth publishing, whether it needs more work, or whether a person has to approve it first. Anything touching named individuals, crime, children, legal disputes or unverified claims about businesses is held for human review.

What we will not do

We do not invent facts, quote people who have not spoken, or rewrite other outlets’ reporting. We never pose as residents on community forums. Advertising is labelled and has no influence on coverage.

Corrections

If something is wrong, we say so on the story and keep a public record. Corrections are listed at /corrections.