<b>Build Your Own Reporter List</b>

<b>Build Your Own Reporter List</b>

Over time, the goal is reporters who come to you. It starts with a simple list you build by hand.

Think of it like a recipe card box: a few good cards beat a giant unsorted pile.

1. Make a sheet with columns: name, outlet, topic they cover, last contact.
2. Each time you are quoted, add that reporter to the sheet.
3. Each time you read a great article in your field, add that writer too.
4. Note one personal detail, like a beat or a recent story, to mention later.
5. Review it monthly and keep it small; ten warm contacts beat a thousand cold ones.

This list becomes your quiet asset. When you have real news, you have real people to tell.

Never blast the whole list at once; that is how warm contacts go cold.

Try this today: start the sheet with the last reporter who quoted you.

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