One story, every source
We do not publish a separate item for every report. The CLSTR service groups reports from different outlets about the same event into a cluster, and we keep one page per event — a story.
How a story is put together
For each event we fetch the texts of several sources in different languages. Automated checks select sources with enough text of sufficient quality; the number of sources and publishers is shown in the Story pulse block.
The role of AI
The story text is prepared by a language model from the sources — in one request for both English and Russian. The model is a tool: software checks numbers and dates against the source texts and verifies structure, language and the absence of model boilerplate. A story that fails the required checks is not published.
Updates and “What changed”
When new sources report on the event, the story is updated: the page address and the original publication date stay the same, and the “What changed” block lists the new facts.
Original sources
Every story lists its sources: publisher, headline in the original language and publication time.
Editorial review
Stories are published automatically. If a story has been reviewed by the editors, this is marked on the page.
Daily analysis
In the daily edition each main story has: what happened, what changed today, what is confirmed, what is unknown or disputed — and a separate analysis block: why it matters, possible consequences and what to watch next. The analysis block is prepared with the help of AI and labelled as our analysis. Every point must rest on the story’s claims or sources; software removes any point without a basis and any number, date or name that does not appear in the sources. Consequences named by a source are attributed to it; our own conclusions are marked “newsroom assessment”, worded with caution and never contain numbers or dated forecasts. We do not give probabilities and do not assess people or the parties to a conflict.
Corrections
Found a mistake? Report it using the link under the story. The corrections process is described in the corrections policy.