Find the original.
Trace a claim back to its source. Read the report, check the date, and hear what was actually said.
POLITICS. POWER. PERSPECTIVE.
Make sense
of the noise.
The stories moving the world deserve more than a hot take. We’re building short, clear explanations of what happened, why it matters, and what remains uncertain.
Meet the approachEnglish-language reporting · AI-assisted, human-led
THE CURRENT / 001 INDEPENDENT NEWSROOM
A CLOSER LOOK CHANGES THE STORY.
Follow the evidence.Question the framing.Keep the context.
01 / OUR APPROACH
Attention starts the story.
Evidence decides it.
A viral clip is a lead, not proof. Our editorial approach is designed to turn the rush of current affairs into something useful.
Look beyond the clip.
Compare independent accounts. Separate established facts from interpretation, repetition and missing information.
Say it plainly.
Explain the stakes in everyday English. No manufactured certainty, invented quotes or sensational claims that the evidence cannot support.
02 / THE NEWSROOM
Technology helps.
People decide.
Current Friction is an independent project by Timo Krämer using an AI-assisted workflow for English-language politics and current affairs.
The controlled editorial, rendering and multi-platform publishing chain has passed end-to-end tests. Its first scheduled production run will be monitored. Google OAuth review and parts of the backup procedure remain in progress.
The design uses software roles, not human employees or replicas of real journalists. An operator limits retries; a budget controller limits spending. Human approval remains the final publication step.
The Google/YouTube integration connects only the operator's channel. It reads the channel identity and its own video metadata, then uploads an approved finished video. Before the command POSTEN, the operator reviews the exact video, title, description, destination platforms and YouTube privacy setting.
About the project & contact ↗- DISCOVER & CHECKTwo scouts compare trend signals and sources, group duplicate coverage and select four distinct stories.
- RESEARCHFour different stories go to four separate journalist roles. Transcripts, original reports and independent sources inform each draft.
- REVIEW & IMPROVETwo separate reviewers each improve two reports using the journalists' source material. They check evidence, clarity, originality, copyright risk and formulaic language, then return practical feedback.
- DECIDE & LEARNA final editorial gate checks the finished package. The operator alone approves a rendered video for publication. Weekly team reviews turn measured results and documented mistakes into role-specific improvements.
03 / TRANSPARENCY
No headlines invented
to fill a homepage.
This project website explains our approach. It does not run the newsroom, collect publication approvals or display a live news feed. Finished work is distributed through connected social channels only after individual human approval.