{"id":11727,"date":"2024-05-13T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowly.com\/magazine\/?p=11727"},"modified":"2024-09-23T12:55:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T12:55:30","slug":"how-to-find-journalists-and-their-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowly.com\/magazine\/how-to-find-journalists-and-their-email\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find Relevant Journalists & Their Emails to Contact Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you\u2019re looking to contact reporters, reporters, or other media contacts in hopes of getting media coverage<\/a>, you have to know how to:
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  1. Find relevant journalists that could be interested in covering a story like yours<\/a><\/li>
  2. Find their email address or other ways to get in touch<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Of course, you also have to make sure you have a story that\u2019s worth writing about and know how to write a compelling media pitch<\/a>, but since you're about to find relevant media contacts for your pitch, you probably know this already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In this guide, you'll find the best tools & methods to find journalists<\/a> and their contact information in order to create a press email list<\/a> and pitch them your story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Sign up for Prowly's 7-day free trial and find relevant journalists with unlimited search access. Access over 1 million contacts in the media database that you can filter by keyword, topic, location, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    FIND JOURNALISTS FOR FREE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    How to find relevant journalists and media contacts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    The first step is to identify journalists and reporters that cover your topic of interest. These can be people who write about your specific industry or a particular location\u2014such as your city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Here are 4 tested methods of finding journalists:
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    1. Using a media database to find journalists and outlets<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    A media database<\/a> is a directory of various national or international media contacts that you can filter by beat, location, outlet, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    They are not only limited to journalists but can contain bloggers and other digital influencers as well\u2014people who can also get you media coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Prowly's Media Database<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Media databases<\/a> like Prowly, Press Hunt, or Anewstip are very useful in their own right but become an even more effective solution when paired with supplementary googling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    With a quick search, a tool like Prowly can give you a list of thousands of journalists, reporters, and media outlets of all types\u2014AND their contact details. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Nowadays, many databases will allow you to search for media contacts by keywords in their Tweets or articles, allowing you to quickly find the most relevant people and see what they've recently written about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    To do this in a tool like Prowly<\/a>, simply navigate to the media database and select \"Search by keywords\", choose \"Articles\" and enter the keywords you want to search for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    For the sake of example, let's pretend we are looking for journalists that cover \"vegan pet food\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Narrow down your search using filters, such as date range, location, or more advanced filters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Once you've selected your keywords and filters you'll get a list of journalists with articles matching your search query.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Next, inspect the media contacts you deem to be a good fit for more information. You'll find many useful details such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n