Help a Reporter Out

To tell you the truth, the person who thought up its name deserves a bonus, a sexy sports car, and a harem of his choice (if the creator is female, well...). In other words, I just had to investigate this Help a reporter out (HARO) after I saw its name! In a nutshell, HARO is a wonderful SaaS tool for both journalists and Sources alike. AND IT’S USED BY EVERY MAJOR NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE AROUND THE WORLD.

As a journalist, my media site has a requirement to have an alexa.com ranking of one million or less. This is a requirement I have not seen before and generally feel creepy about (alexa.com is owned by amazon.com). What if I qualified before on my own or with a small firm, and was subsequently hired by a large company that doesn’t meet the HARO criteria? Am out of luck and hanging in the wind?

Help a Reporter Out (HARO) is a great meeting place for matching journalists with sources and vice versa. Whether you are a journalist or a source, the process is quick and easy. The HARO rules for both journalists and sources ensure that true needs are met; making it clear the HARO is neither a site for SPAM, promoting products, or sedge-ways to other marketing. Anonymity is preserved on both sides until an agreement and acceptance is finalized.