WA in Focus started as a Facebook group where people posted what was actually happening across the state, usually before anyone else got to it.
This website is the home for those stories now. Written for people who live here, and for nobody else.
About usWA IN FOCUS
Western Australian community news, written by locals for locals. Nothing here sits behind a paywall.
Who's writing
Two dedicated reporters
JV
Jordan Vale
Dedicated reporterCourt outcomes and police operations, plus whatever else is happening on the day.
CL
Claire Lawson
Dedicated reporterCommunity safety and council decisions, and the people caught up behind them.
Send a tip without leaving your name
Most newsrooms ask who you are before they listen. Ours doesn't ask at all.
You don't need an account
A tip needs a message and nothing else. The name and email fields are optional, and nothing you send is tied to a login, so there is no profile for anyone to look up later.
Private by default
Tips land in a locked editor inbox and only our editor can open it. Nothing comes out of that inbox unless we decide a story should run.
Documents stay sealed
Files you attach go into private storage, where they stay. Our editor opens them through a link that stops working after seven days.
Replies without an identity
Every tip gets a reference code. Bring that code back to the page and you can read our reply. It is the only way we can answer you without ever learning who you are.
A note on names
What you'll find hereJordan Vale and Claire Lawson are both pseudonyms. Writing under a pen name keeps our reporters out of the frame, and it keeps the people who talk to us out of it too.
- Court outcomes and charges as soon as they're confirmed.
- Police warnings and appeals for information.
- Council decisions, and the local businesses that end up waiting on them.
- The community stories the bigger desks never have time for.
The Facebook group is still where the conversation happens. If you've seen something worth looking at, tell us.