9 TOOLS TO FIND
JOURNALISTS TO WRITEÂ ABOUT YOU
“A GOOD PR STORY IS INFINITELY MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A FRONT PAGE AD.” Richard Branson
WHY THESE TOOLS ARE IMPORTANT
1. Will save you hours of time of research. 2. Create your own journalist database. 3. Spend your valuable time connecting.
TOOLS TO FIND JOURNALIST
1. HEY.PRESS Searchable database of tech journalists. Enter a keyword (e.g. Bitcoin or Oculus Rift) to see the most relevant journalists for that topic.
TOOLS TO FIND JOURNALIST
2. JUSTREACHOUT Pitch journalists without the help of PR firms. Input keywords to see what journalists cover your space. Provides email templates to use to contact them.
TOOLS TO FIND JOURNALIST
3. MUCK RACK Find journalists by keywords, outlets, media types, etc. Receive emails when journalists tweet or link to articles matching your search terms. Create media lists and include private notes.
TOOLS TO FIND JOURNALIST
Submit.co 4. SUBMIT.CO Spreadsheet to connect with tech publications. Follow and interact with them on social media. View the Alexa ranking for each publication.
TOOLS TO FIND JOURNALIST
5. RIGHT RELEVANCE Discover latest content written on any topic. Smart way to discover journalists who have recently covered your industry.
TOOLS TO FIND JOURNALIST
6. HELP A REPORTER OUT Reporters request quotes and interviews from experts in different industries. Sign up and get daily requests. Respond back quickly to increase your odds of being included in a story.
TOOLS TO FIND JOURNALIST
7. ANEWSTIP Search global media influencers by what they have written or tweeted. More than 200 million articles and 1 billion tweets 1 million media contacts.
TOOLS TO FIND JOURNALIST
8. PRESSFARM Get 20,000 journalist emails for $18. They submit manually to directories, review sites & communities.
TOOLS TO FIND JOURNALIST
9. CONTACTABLE.IO Uses machine learning to analyze what journalists like to write about. 3,000+ publications, 50,000+ journalists and 2 million+ articles analyzed.
SUMMARY : These nine tools will help save you hours of research time digging through websites and blogs so you can focus on getting your message and request for a story out to the right writer.