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Follow a sector, but only in publications you trust

/stories in hybrid mode. The parameters matter less than the reasoning behind them, so that is most of what is below.

The request

GET /stories
  ?q=<sector terms>
  &mode=hybrid
  &source=<domain>
  &from=<now - 3d>

# repeat per outlet, merge client-side

Why these parameters

The outlet filter is the most under-used control in the API. Restricting to a known publication set is usually a better proxy for quality, region or editorial position than any other field, and it turns an unbounded topic query into something you can actually reason about.

What comes back

Coverage from only those publishers. Because you fixed the outlet set, week-over-week comparisons within it are meaningful rather than an artefact of which sites happened to match.

How this goes wrong

Assuming a trusted-outlet list gives you completeness. It gives you precision. Run a wider unscoped query periodically to check what your list is missing.

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