About True North News
True North News is an AI-assisted news curation and analysis platform. We do not produce original reporting. Instead, we aggregate coverage from established news organizations and enrich it with supplemental data, research context, and public discourse analysis to help readers get a more complete picture of the stories that matter.
What We Do
Every story on this site is built from coverage by professional journalists at established news organizations. Our system tracks stories across multiple outlets, identifies what each source adds, and synthesizes the information into a unified summary with full attribution to every original source.
Where we add original value is in the supplemental layers:
Multi-Source Synthesis
Each story compiles reporting from multiple news outlets, extracting key facts from each and consolidating them so readers can see the full picture without visiting a dozen sites. Every source is linked and attributed.
Relevant Data
For each story, we search for statistics, studies, government data, and historical context that the original coverage may not have included. These data points help readers evaluate claims and understand stakes.
Social Media Perspectives
We surface notable public commentary from verified accounts on social platforms, identifying perspectives, expert takes, and public reactions that mainstream coverage may not capture. All social media attribution uses real usernames.
Research Context
When applicable, we draw on structured research databases to provide background on common assumptions, contested claims, and evolving consensus around topics in the news.
How It Works
- Source ingestion: RSS feeds and direct URLs from dozens of established news organizations are monitored continuously.
- Article analysis: Each article is evaluated against strict newsworthiness criteria requiring named entities, specific dates/numbers, and primary sources.
- Story clustering: Articles about the same event are grouped together, and new information from each source is tracked.
- AI synthesis: Descriptions and summaries are generated by AI models, drawing on all sources plus supplemental data. These are editorial summaries, not original reporting.
- Human oversight: Source selection, editorial guidelines, and system behavior are configured and reviewed by the editorial team.
What We Are Not
We are not a news publisher in the traditional sense. We do not employ reporters, conduct interviews, or break news. Our value comes from aggregation, synthesis, and the supplemental analysis layers that help readers understand context that individual articles may not provide.
AI-generated summaries may contain errors in synthesis or emphasis. We always link to original sources so readers can verify information directly.
Editorial Standards
- Attribution: Every piece of information is traceable to its original source. All sources are linked on every story page.
- Neutrality: Summaries aim for factual neutrality. We do not endorse political positions or editorial viewpoints.
- Transparency: Every story page discloses that it is AI-curated content with the number of original sources used.
- Corrections: Summaries are regenerated as new sources are added. If you spot an error, contact us at [email protected].
Contact
For feedback, corrections, or questions about our methodology: [email protected]