Par keeps your research in one place: the question, your interviews, photos, videos and sources. Come back days, months or years later, and the evidence, the doubts and the next question are still together.
Example: Nadia is a local news reporter. She wants to know why the bus on her city’s east bank keeps arriving late. Follow her question as new evidence arrives.
Day 1 · A question begins.
Nadia brings the transcript of her calls with three riders.
Three riders describe late arrivals in Nadia’s interview transcript. Their accounts do not explain the cause. [S1]
Roadworks near the bridge may be causing the delays.
Roadworks near the bridge may be causing the delays.
Kept from Day 1, alongside the evidence that challenged it.
Do buses leave the depot late, or lose time on the route?
Keep the riders’ accounts and the roadworks idea. Next: find a dated works notice.
Bring your interviews, photos, videos and notes. Each one stays linked to the question it helps answer.
Nadia’s sources · looking back from Year 1
Search by name, note or what someone said.
3 sources
riders-interview.txt
The transcript of Nadia’s calls: what three riders told her, word for word.
“The east-bank bus was late on three mornings this week,” three riders tell Nadia. No departure times were recorded.
Linked note: Check roadworks near the bridge.
Best guess: Roadworks may cause delays.
Where it came from: Interview · Day 1 · Excerpt reviewed by Nadia.
bridge-notice.jpg
A photo of the notice, with a note about the closure dates. The photo and what Nadia read in it stay together.
Nadia’s reviewed note: the notice lists a lane closure from Day 1 to Day 8. It gives no bus departure or arrival times.
Linked note: Compare after the bridge reopens.
Best guess: Roadworks may explain some delays.
Where it came from: Photo · Day 4 · Caption and note by Nadia.
depot-return.mp4
A clip from the depot, with Nadia’s note on what it shows and what it still doesn’t.
Nadia’s note says the clip was filmed after the timetable change. No verified departure times have been extracted; the clip does not show whether reliability improved.
Linked note: Request measured departures and arrivals.
Best guess: Departure timing still needs checking.
Where it came from: Video · Month 3 · Note by Nadia.
Every file keeps its source, its date and the question it helped answer.
A question rarely arrives in one neat document.
An interview holds a clue. A photo, a clip or a file adds detail. A source challenges what you thought you knew. Keep them together, with room for more than one investigation in the same Par.
When you return, ask what changed, which source supports a claim, or what still needs checking.
Ask your AI to look again, and it picks up where you left off. Each return starts with what was learned and what is still open.
Check the sources again. Keep dates and versions with the evidence.
Put new evidence beside your earlier guesses. When they disagree, look closer.
Record useful connections, corrections and the next question for a later round.
Connect Par to the AI you already use, then give it one question and the notes you already have.
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