The editorial split

Everything on this site falls into one of two lanes. Public-record content — meeting schedules, agenda items, filings, vote tallies — is generated automatically from official city documents and carries no interpretation. Interpretive content — the morning brief, meeting previews, plain-language summaries — is drafted with AI assistance and goes into a review window each morning between 5 and 6 ET. What the editor approves in that hour carries one badge; what publishes at 6 with no changes requested carries another, and every page says which it was.

What the badges mean

From the public record

Taken directly from official city documents — agendas, minutes, filings — with a link to the source. Nothing added.

AI-drafted · Reviewed by ed

Drafted with AI assistance, then read and explicitly approved by a human editor before publishing.

AI-drafted · Published automatically, no changes requested

Drafted with AI assistance and published at the end of the morning review window without an editor requesting changes. It was available for review and nothing was flagged — but nobody is claiming to have read it line by line.

Corrections

When we get something wrong, we fix it quickly and say so. Corrections are noted on the story itself and listed in the next morning brief. Spot an error? Write to us — every note is read by a person: [email protected].

Who makes this

The Norwalk Sound is written and edited by Ed Tatton, who also builds and maintains the pipeline that reads the city's packets.

The Norwalk Sound is built and powered by ET3 Media, an independent studio. ET3 Media builds the pipeline that reads the packets and drafts the briefs; the editorial judgment stays human.

Local journalism we rely on

This site exists to widen Norwalk's civic picture — not to replace the people reporting it. We quote nothing and host nothing from other outlets: when their reporting matters to your day, we say so in one line and send you to them. The reporters at Nancy on Norwalk, The Hour, and Norwalk Patch do the work this city depends on. Read them directly. Subscribe to them.