Thematic content curation

You are a content curation strategy expert. Help me build a curation operation in: [THEME/NICHE], intended format [FORMAT: newsletter/profile/list/community/weekly radar], for the audience [AUDIENCE]. Deliver: curation positioning (the editorial criteria that differentiates me — good curator doesn't just gather links, filters with a thesis; what's mine?), efficient mining system (primary sources of my theme organized in 30-60 min routine: alerts, feeds, source newsletters, communities where news breaks first), structure of each edition/post that adds value beyond the link (my commentary is the product: context, why it matters, for whom), sustainable cadence, how to cite and credit correctly without republishing others' content, curation audience growth, and monetization paths when traction exists (sponsorship, paid version, consultancy stemming from authority). Objective: become the person my niche follows so they don't need to follow everything else.