Connecting research and editorial work
As a source becomes a text, the basis of each claim needs to stay visible.
For my research on Path Ethics, I built a workspace that connects sources, AI-assisted analysis and my own drafts. While writing, I can trace a claim back to the original material.
The question
People who regularly analyse specialist information know the problem: A reference has been saved, but later it is unclear which claim it supports and what was their own inference. Combining several sources makes this harder.
When writing, I want access to both the material and my earlier interpretation. An AI-assisted analysis needs to be as open to review as a note of my own.
My work
I developed a content model that connects sources with analyses, notes and drafts. AI supports the analysis; its suggestions remain linked to the original material.
Publication includes reviewing the particular text version. The workspace is configured for my own research. For other teams, I adapt the approach to their material, tools and editorial tasks.
Research and editorial review
From evidence to a reviewed version
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Organise sources
- Record the reference
- Assess relevance
Research
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Develop the claims
- Analyse and interpret
- Draft with references
AI and editors
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Review the substance
- Check claims and evidence
- Resolve open questions
Subject specialists
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Approve the version
- Record the reviewed version
- Briefing or article
Editors
Missing evidence or open questions send the text back to drafting.
Traceability throughout the process
- Source
- Where does the information come from?
- Claim
- Which interpretation and evidence belong to it?
- Version
- Which version was reviewed and approved?
Assignment and outputs
If your team regularly turns specialist information into briefings, analyses or articles, I establish a shared workflow for it. I organise the source collection and connect research and analysis with drafting, review and approval.
We test the configured workspace on a specific text. Handover includes the content model, templates and an introduction for the team. Existing tools such as Notion and integration with a website can be part of the assignment.