# News Research Methodology > How we research the news: constant monitoring, impact measured by how many lives it changes, primary sources in about 80% of coverage, and what we cut. Source: https://informed.now/methodology Current as of October 2026 How do we decide what goes into the text each morning? This page walks through the whole process, from what we watch to the single source we cite. ## Constant Monitoring Our team monitors global developments 24/7, and weekday mornings are when we share the results of our news research with our readers. Instead of passing on the noise or pretending everything is important, we curate concise fact-only summaries of the stories that moved the world in the last 24 hours. Mondays cover the last 72 hours. ## Impactful News We assess world-changing impact based on (1) how much a given event changes the lives of (2) how many people. For (1), we focus on changes in safety, security, confidence, sentiment, optionality, purchasing power, health, access, accessibility, rights, and similar fundamentally life-changing shifts. For (2), we look at the scale of entire populations, with hundreds of thousands to millions of people affected by the event in question. Where it helps, we add a concrete figure or comparison, like the previous reading or the population affected, so readers can judge its scale. ## Facts, Not Forecasts We report what happened, not what might happen. A development has to be an actual change in the world: An action taken, a ruling issued, a number released, not a statement about what could happen later. ## Primary Sources We research down to primary sources, which is possible in roughly 80% of our coverage. In the 20% of cases where original sources don't exist, for example in fast-moving contentious conflicts, we reference primary reporting from reporters on the ground rather than storytelling journalism that layers opinion on top of the base facts. For example, if the US Supreme Court issues a ruling, we read the ruling, not an outlet's second-hand summary of it. The same goes for bills in Congress, statements from the Federal Reserve, and announcements from international companies like Google, LVMH, and Boeing or foreign governments like Israel, Iran, and Venezuela. ## Cited Sources While we sometimes reference hundreds of sources, we cite a single favorite one for our readers. When we have a primary source, that's what we choose. In its absence, it's the most informative article on that issue. We always choose per article, not per outlet. As a news research company, we take full responsibility for the accuracy of our work. We triple check each fact and each detail, and we never take anybody's word for it. ## Fact Verification Before a story goes into the text, we check its core facts against the strongest evidence available. We confirm figures, dates, locations, and actions against the original document, filing, or dataset. We compare that primary material with independent reporting, and when there's no single authoritative source, we exhaustively cross-check across all credible sources. We're precise about where a development stands: Announced, proposed, approved, implemented, blocked, or completed are different things, and we say which. We keep verified facts separate from claims, estimates, and projections, and check whether earlier information has been corrected or overtaken. When a fact can't be independently established, we attribute it to the person, government, or organization claiming it, rather than present it as settled. That's why many texts carry direct quotes. ## Ongoing Accuracy When the facts behind a text change materially after it goes out, we'll proactively correct it. This is rare because we purposefully hold back a text until the facts are unlikely to change. We do this to safeguard our readers' attention. ## What We Leave Out We leave out the noise, which is unfortunately 99% of news media out there today. That includes leaving out the clickbait sensationalism, the pervasive bias, and the ceaseless ads that make news reading so draining. We reject anything that tries to misinform or influence the reader, or operates under ulterior motives like advertising or data harvesting. Since our curation filters for life-changing developments, topics like sports, pop culture, celebrity drama, political gossip, and rerun stories don't make it. There are better places to go for that content. Through our research, we work to eliminate opinion. Our role is to factually establish what happened and provide the context needed to understand it, not to tell our readers what to think or how to feel. Where people may read the same facts differently, we show the contrasting evidence with attribution and leave the conclusion to the reader. We empower you to make up your own mind. ## Staying Human In the era of artificial intelligence, we remain a human company. Each text is researched, verified, and reviewed by our expert team. Our researchers use a proprietary methodology based on [OSINT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_intelligence) techniques to identify and evaluate world-changing news. ## What the Texts Look Like Here are three of our concise fact-only summaries, the kind texted to readers each weekday morning: 1) US & Saudi Arabia launch strikes on Iran-backed militia sites in Iraq "in response to 30+ Iran-directed drone attacks on US forces & Saudi energy infrastructure in 72hrs" 2) Gallup poll: US Supreme Court approval falls to record low 33% in 26yrs (vs 61% disapproval) driven by Republican approval dropping to 58% (vs 79% in Sep 2025); Democratic (12%) & independent (35%) approval remain near historic lows 3) Fed Reserve holds key interest rate at 3.5%-3.75%, citing elevated inflation partly driven by energy supply shocks, with solid economic growth & little changed unemployment rate See a full [example](https://informed.now/example) of a morning text, and read more on our [blog](https://informed.now/blog). 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