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Practical guide

Deduplicate overlapping newsletter coverage

Deduplicate at the story and claim level. Trace shared evidence, write the common premise once, and retain source-specific reporting, method, or disagreement that changes the takeaway.[1][2]

Why this gets difficult

Newsletter deduplication cannot rely on identical text. Authors may paraphrase the same release, cite a shared report, or add one useful argument inside otherwise repeated background.[1][2]

A practical way through

  1. Resolve each issue and the primary documents it cites.[1][2]
  2. Cluster issues around the same event, claim, or question.[1][2]
  3. Separate shared background from original evidence and interpretation.[1][2]
  4. Record whether the output combined coverage, kept distinct stories, or excluded an issue.[1][2]

An example

The situation: Four newsletters discuss one jobs report; three restate the release and one questions the seasonal adjustment.[1][2]

What changes: The release is summarized once, the repeated issues contribute links, and the methodological critique remains a distinct attributed point.[1][2]

What you get: The reader avoids three reruns without losing the one disagreement worth examining.[1][2]

What to watch for

  • Text similarity can merge related but materially different claims.[1][2]
  • Shared source lineage is not always disclosed and requires editorial judgment.[1][2]

Sources worth keeping

  • Official issue URLs and readable bodies.[1][2]
  • Primary evidence shared across publications.[1][2]
  • A source-specific contribution test based on reporting, method, or conclusion.[1][2]

How Scottie helps

Scottie groups actual reviewed issues into stories and preserves distinct contributions or exclusions in the saved brief.[3]

Related reading

Sources and official links
  1. Reuters Journalistic Standards
  2. ACRL Framework for Information Literacy
  3. Scottie product workflow

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