Use Readever to inspect reports, trace claims, compare documents, and keep an evidence trail while preserving editorial judgment and source verification.
Turn the assignment into verification questions
Before reading, list what must be established for publication: who made the claim, what evidence supports it, which timeframe and population apply, what is missing, and who can challenge it. This transforms a large report into a sequence of answerable checks.
Ask for locations, not confidence theater
Use questions such as “Where is this number defined?” “Which table contains the denominator?” and “Where does the author discuss limitations?” A confident paraphrase is not evidence. Open the passage, inspect nearby context, and record the document location.
Build a claim provenance table
For each publishable statement, retain the exact source, date, page or section, link, quoted fragment where permitted, your paraphrase, and verification status. Distinguish primary documents, analysis, commentary, and anonymous assertions. A table makes unsupported leaps visible before copy reaches an editor.
Compare revisions and definitions
Official documents often change without changing the headline topic. Record version dates and compare definitions, footnotes, exclusions, and methodology. If two sources use the same term differently, explain that difference rather than averaging their numbers.
Keep human editorial responsibility
AI can accelerate navigation but cannot grant fairness, context, legal safety, or news judgment. Verify with original documents and relevant people, protect confidential material, correct errors transparently, and follow your newsroom policies.
Frequently asked questions
Can Readever confirm that a claim is true?
No. It can help locate and compare evidence, but verification requires original sources, context, and independent reporting.
Should I upload leaked documents?
Only if your authorization, security procedures, legal guidance, and newsroom policy permit it.
How do I check a statistic?
Find its definition, numerator, denominator, period, population, exclusions, and the table or dataset from which it came.
Can I quote an AI summary?
Prefer the original document or a verified interview. Do not present generated text as a source.
What should an audit trail contain?
Document identity, version, claim, exact location, verification action, result, and reviewer.
How do I compare two reports?
Align their dates, definitions, populations, methods, uncertainty, and incentives before comparing conclusions.
Separate discovery from verification
Use assisted search to surface documents and possible connections, then switch into verification mode. Record who published each item, when it appeared, what evidence it contains, and whether another independent source confirms the point. For quotations, return to the original recording, transcript, filing, or document and preserve enough context to avoid changing the speaker’s meaning. Keep allegations, established facts, and your own inference in separate notes. A useful final pass asks: could a reader reproduce this sentence from the linked evidence, and have you represented uncertainty at the same level as the source? That discipline matters more than the speed of the first summary.
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