Help a Reporter Out (HARO) is an online service for journalists to obtain feedback from the public. It enables journalists to connect with experts in issues relevant to their reporting.[1] It was founded as a Facebook group in 2008 by Peter Shankman and was later turned into a mailing list claiming over 800,000 sources and 55,000 journalists and bloggers. In June 2010, HARO was acquired by Vocus, Inc.[2][3] In 2014, Vocus merged with Cision Inc.[4] and HARO is now one of Cision's brands.

Help A Reporter Out gives users free and paid packages. The free package is where a user receives the HARO daily email and responds to reporters that have questions up and vice versa. HARO provides journalists with a database of sources for upcoming stories.

References

  1. ^ Pfeifer, William. "How to Become a Media Source for Legal News Articles and Gain Free Publicity". About.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  2. ^ van Buskirk, Eliot (September 14, 2009). "'Help a Reporter Out' Crowdsources News Sources". Wired.com. Condé Nast Digital. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  3. ^ Buley, Taylor (8 September 2009). "Million-Dollar Crowd Sourcing". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  4. ^ Cision, Cision (14 October 2014). "Cision and Vocus Unite, Ushering in the Future of PR and Social Software". Cision. Retrieved 2016-06-29.

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