How to Pitch a Journalist Without Getting Ignored or Blocked
Most pitches fail for the same few reasons. Here is what separates email a reporter opens from email they filter out.
Personal Brand
How real personal brands are built: PR strategy, thought leadership, earned media
The Annual Personal Brand Audit: A Framework That Takes One Afternoon
Most people never inspect their own brand until someone else does it for them — in a negotiation, a newsroom or a due-diligence file. A five-layer audit you can run in an afternoon.
Personal Brand SEO: Being Findable When Someone Googles Your Name
The moment before a deal, a booking or a date with a journalist, someone searches you. A working system for owning your name in classic search and in AI-generated answers.
Credentials vs Proof of Work: What Actually Qualifies You in 2026
Certificates are cheap to buy and cheap to verify; shipped work is expensive to fake. How to assemble a proof stack that survives skeptical buyers, journalists and AI-assisted resume inflation.
After HARO: Where Source Requests Actually Live Now
Cision shut down Connectively, the platform formerly known as Help a Reporter Out, and the query market splintered. What survived, what replaced it, and how to use the new generation of source platforms without drowning.
The Ethics of Pitching Journalists: Rules That Keep the Door Open
Sloppy pitching is not just ineffective — it burns trust you will need for years. The non-negotiables: honesty about exclusives, no fake urgency, real disclosure, and treating no as a complete answer.