How to Contribute News Tips and Sign Up for Newsletters at The Standard

The Standard (standard.net.au) gives readers two direct ways to get involved: submit a story idea or photo through its Contribute and News Tips sections, and sign up for Newsletters & Alerts tailored to your interests. For anything else about the site itself, the Contact us and Help Centre links are the place to start. All three entry points are listed in the site's navigation, so you don't need an account to find them — though some content behind the site is tied to a digital subscription.

Submitting a News Tip or Story Idea

The Standard's navigation includes a News Tips link alongside Contribute and Photos, which is where reader-supplied material is directed. The site describes itself as delivering "latest news from Warrnambool, Victoria including sport, weather, entertainment and lifestyle," so tips that fit those local categories are the natural fit.

A practical way to prepare a submission:

1. Lead with the facts. State what happened, where in the Warrnambool region, and when.
2. Say who you are and how to reach you. The newsroom needs a way to follow up before anything is published.
3. Attach photos only if you took them or have the right to share them, and note the date and location.
4. Flag sensitivity. If the tip involves a court matter, a scam, or a person at risk, say so up front so it's handled appropriately.

The site's own reporting shows the kind of local material that reaches the newsroom: a story on two historic Warrnambool businesses merging, a report on a woman scammed out of $270k with "more local victims," and a piece on a candidate running for state parliament. Tips in that vein — local business change, consumer scams, local politics — match what The Standard already covers.

Photos and community contributions

The Contribute and Photos links sit in the same part of the menu as News Tips, and the site also runs a Comment section for reader opinion. If your goal is a photo of a local event or a letter-style viewpoint rather than a breaking tip, those are the relevant channels. Keep in mind that submitted material is editorial: the newsroom decides what runs and in what form.

Signing Up for Newsletters and Alerts

The Newsletters & Alerts section is listed under the site's main navigation and again under "Quick Links." The site's own prompt reads: "Sign up to newsletters tailored to your interests." That tells you the sign-up is interest-based rather than a single all-purpose digest, so expect to choose from categories when you register.

Steps to get started:

1. Open Newsletters & Alerts from the menu (or the "Discover Newsletters" prompt on the homepage).
2. Enter your email address and select the newsletters that match your interests — for example local news, sport, or what's on.
3. Submit the form and check your inbox for a confirmation email; confirm the subscription there.
4. To stop receiving them, use the unsubscribe link in any newsletter email.

Because the site's coverage spans news, sport, weather, entertainment, and lifestyle, the newsletter options are likely to mirror those sections. The exact list of newsletters and alert types isn't spelled out on the page, so treat the sign-up form itself as the authoritative menu.

Contact and Help for Site Questions

If your question is about the website rather than a story — a broken page, a delivery problem, or an account issue — the footer navigation lists Contact us and Help Centre. The site also shows My Account and Logout options, which indicates reader accounts exist for signed-in features such as saved lists ("My saved List").

A few practical notes drawn from the site itself:

• Subscription is separate from newsletters. The site states that "your digital subscription includes access to content from all our websites in your region" and "access unlimited content and the digital versions of our print editions – Today's Paper," with a View Subscription Offers link. Newsletter sign-up and subscription are different actions; the page doesn't say newsletters require a subscription, so don't assume either way — check the sign-up form.
• Today's Paper is available as a read-online edition, listed in both the main menu and Quick Links.
• ViewJobs is a separate jobs board across Australia, not a newsroom contact route.

Quick Reference

The one thing to verify yourself is the current newsletter list and whether any alerts are tied to a paid plan — the site presents the sign-up as interest-based, but the specific options appear only once you open the form.