Purpose Neural document clustering techniques, e.g., self-organising map (SOM) or growing neural gas (GNG), usually assume that textual information is stationary on the quantity. However, the quantity of text is ever-increasing. We propose a novel dynamic adaptive self-organising hybrid (DASH) model, which adapts to time-event news collections not only to the neural topological structure but also to its main parameters in a non-stationary environment. Design/methodology/approach