Help a Reporter Out

HARO is a very fun and unique system, providing somewhat of a „two-way street“ for journalism. For a journalist, it is packed with interesting insights and ideas of what to write about. They have a huge database and it gets constantly refreshed so everything is up to date. If you lack inspiration or you are looking for some good scoop to pitch on the next meeting, this is the place to start. Also, the basic plan comes free so you are all set up and ready with no charge. The second part and reason why it is like a two-way street, is that it has a feature that allows users to sign up as sources, which means that you can submit source materials that can become actual stories. It really justifies its’ name this way!

It has so much source material that it can become a little frustrating – not all of it is good or even useful. You will be playing bingo with the system, hoping you will hit the jackpot. Also, in order for it to be really efficient tool, you have to use it on a daily basis and catch the daily review on the right time, otherwise you have missed your opportunity.

HARO is truly unique system that will with no doubt REALLY help reporters everywhere. It’s massive database can be somewhat annoying but once you start ignoring the crappy content, you’ll find the use for it. Moreover, as free service, it is more than thankful there is such possibility! Every media area person is most likely using HARO in some point of their careers.