# Journalist Requests Workflow Reporters ask for sources around the clock — on HARO, Connectively, Substack, and X. This workflow watches all of them, matches each request against your beats, and delivers the ones worth answering to Slack or email, with deadlines attached. [Start with this template](https://featured.com/workflows?template=journalist-requests) ## Ways PR pros run Journalist Requests HARO, Connectively, Substack, and X requests, matched to your topics with deadlines attached. Tap a setup and Featured's chat will configure it with you. ### Watch your expertise > Set up a workflow that monitors journalist requests about legal technology and law firm operations, and emails me a daily digest with deadlines. [Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Set%20up%20a%20workflow%20that%20monitors%20journalist%20requests%20about%20legal%20technology%20and%20law%20firm%20operations%2C%20and%20emails%20me%20a%20daily%20digest%20with%20deadlines.) ### Go hourly on hot topics > Set up a workflow that checks hourly for journalist requests about climate tech and energy policy and posts matches to our #media Slack channel. [Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Set%20up%20a%20workflow%20that%20checks%20hourly%20for%20journalist%20requests%20about%20climate%20tech%20and%20energy%20policy%20and%20posts%20matches%20to%20our%20%23media%20Slack%20channel.) ### Group by client > Set up a workflow that monitors journalist requests for my clients in fintech, hospitality, and healthcare, grouped by client in one morning digest. [Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Set%20up%20a%20workflow%20that%20monitors%20journalist%20requests%20for%20my%20clients%20in%20fintech%2C%20hospitality%2C%20and%20healthcare%2C%20grouped%20by%20client%20in%20one%20morning%20digest.) ### Build a founder's presence > Set up a workflow that finds journalist requests a bootstrapped SaaS founder could answer about pricing, churn, and hiring, weekly to email. [Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Set%20up%20a%20workflow%20that%20finds%20journalist%20requests%20a%20bootstrapped%20SaaS%20founder%20could%20answer%20about%20pricing%2C%20churn%2C%20and%20hiring%2C%20weekly%20to%20email.) ### Catch roundup requests > Set up a workflow that monitors requests seeking product recommendations where a DTC coffee brand fits, and alerts me same-day. [Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Set%20up%20a%20workflow%20that%20monitors%20requests%20seeking%20product%20recommendations%20where%20a%20DTC%20coffee%20brand%20fits%2C%20and%20alerts%20me%20same-day.) ### Match with care > Set up a workflow for journalist requests about healthcare compliance and patient privacy that only surfaces queries a HIPAA consultant could answer credibly. [Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Set%20up%20a%20workflow%20for%20journalist%20requests%20about%20healthcare%20compliance%20and%20patient%20privacy%20that%20only%20surfaces%20queries%20a%20HIPAA%20consultant%20could%20answer%20credibly.) ### Flag the expiring ones > Set up a workflow that monitors requests about commercial insurance and flags anything with a deadline under 12 hours as urgent. [Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Set%20up%20a%20workflow%20that%20monitors%20requests%20about%20commercial%20insurance%20and%20flags%20anything%20with%20a%20deadline%20under%2012%20hours%20as%20urgent.) ### Pair matches with drafts > Set up a workflow that finds the best journalist request about supply chain each day and drafts a response in my voice for review. [Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Set%20up%20a%20workflow%20that%20finds%20the%20best%20journalist%20request%20about%20supply%20chain%20each%20day%20and%20drafts%20a%20response%20in%20my%20voice%20for%20review.) ### Watch a region's press > Set up a workflow that monitors journalist requests from Midwest business press seeking manufacturers and industrial employers, weekly. [Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Set%20up%20a%20workflow%20that%20monitors%20journalist%20requests%20from%20Midwest%20business%20press%20seeking%20manufacturers%20and%20industrial%20employers%2C%20weekly.) ### Digest a fast beat > Set up a workflow that batches every journalist request about crypto regulation and stablecoins into a Friday digest. [Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Set%20up%20a%20workflow%20that%20batches%20every%20journalist%20request%20about%20crypto%20regulation%20and%20stablecoins%20into%20a%20Friday%20digest.) ### Watch the writer platforms > Set up a workflow that monitors only Substack and X for source requests from independent writers covering fitness and nutrition, with audience notes. [Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Set%20up%20a%20workflow%20that%20monitors%20only%20Substack%20and%20X%20for%20source%20requests%20from%20independent%20writers%20covering%20fitness%20and%20nutrition%2C%20with%20audience%20notes.) ### Keep a quiet watch > Set up a monthly workflow that surfaces the ten best journalist requests matching a boutique architecture firm. [Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Set%20up%20a%20monthly%20workflow%20that%20surfaces%20the%20ten%20best%20journalist%20requests%20matching%20a%20boutique%20architecture%20firm.) ## How this workflow is configured - **What it matches:** Opportunity-typed journalist queries across HARO's editions, Connectively's live feed, Substack, and X — matched to the beats and expertise you describe in plain language. - **When it looks:** Hourly for the deadline-driven, daily for most, weekly for a light touch. Launch weeks go hourly with one sentence. - **Where results go:** Email or Slack — per person, per team, or per client channel. ## How Workflows work Tell Featured what to monitor, when to look, and where to send results. 1. **Describe your beats** — Who you are and what you can speak to — “a payroll company; we can talk small business hiring, wage trends, and compliance.” That's the matching criteria. 2. **Featured watches every source** — HARO's three daily editions, Connectively's live feed, Substack, and X — matched continuously, deduplicated, and sorted by deadline. 3. **Answer from the alert** — Each match links back into Featured's chat, where a response gets drafted in your voice for review. Minutes from alert to sent pitch. ## Why run journalist request alerts on Featured The requests originate on platforms Featured operates. The workflow just closes the distance. - **4 sources — Wider than any inbox.** HARO, Connectively, Substack, and X in one matcher — including the writer-platform requests most monitoring never sees. - **First — Operator-fast timing.** Featured owns HARO and Connectively; requests hit the workflow as they're approved. On deadline-driven queries, that head start is the placement. - **Matched — Relevance, not volume.** You get the requests you could credibly answer — not every query containing your keyword. Plain-language matching against your actual expertise. ## Prefer to search on demand? The Journalist Requests feature runs the same matching as a conversation — ask, browse, and draft without setting anything up. - [See the feature](https://featured.com/product/features/journalist-requests) - [Try it in chat](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20journalist%20requests%20focused%20on%20%5Byour%20expertise%5D) ## Pricing Every plan includes journalist request monitoring. Plans differ only in usage. - **Free** — $0. Free forever. - **Lite** — $39. Per month. - **Pro** — $79. Per month, billed annually at $948. - **Pro+** — $239. Per month, billed annually at $2,868. - **Team Lite** — $159. Per month, billed annually at $1,908. - **Team Pro** — $399. Per month, billed annually at $4,788. - **Team Pro+** — $1,199. Per month, billed annually at $14,388. ## Journalist Requests workflow — frequently asked questions **What does the Journalist Requests workflow monitor?** Opportunity-typed journalist queries across four sources: HARO's three daily editions, Connectively's live platform feed, and source requests posted on Substack and X. Each is matched against the beats you describe, deduplicated, and delivered with its deadline to Slack or email. **How is this different from the Monitor HARO workflow?** Scope. Monitor HARO watches HARO exclusively, edition by edition. This workflow adds Connectively, Substack, and X — the full request surface. If you only want HARO, run that one; if you want everything reporters are asking for, run this. **How does the matching work?** You describe your expertise in plain language — no boolean strings — and the workflow evaluates every incoming request against it: topic fit, credibility fit, and deadline. The result is a short list you could actually answer, not a keyword dump. Refining is conversational: “fewer consumer queries, more B2B.” **How quickly will I see new requests?** On an hourly cadence, matches typically reach Slack or email within the hour they're approved. Because Featured operates HARO and Connectively, there's no scraping delay in front of the workflow — timing that matters on queries where reporters pick sources the same day. **Can it draft my responses?** Yes — configure it to draft a response for your best match daily, in your voice, using your bio and proof points. You review before anything sends. Automated volume is a losing strategy with journalists; matched relevance plus a human-approved draft is what gets picked. **Do I need a paid plan?** Workflows require a paid plan — $39/month (Lite) or $79/month (Pro, billed annually); every plan includes every feature and only usage scales. Try the same matching free in Featured chat first to calibrate your beats. **Who runs this workflow?** Experts and founders who want coverage without living in feeds, comms teams staffing a response rotation from a Slack channel, and agencies running one workflow per client with grouped digests. Anyone whose expertise is quotable — which is more people than assume it. ## Explore - Workflow: [Monitor HARO](https://featured.com/product/workflows/monitor-haro) - Workflow: [All-in-One](https://featured.com/product/workflows/all-in-one) - Workflow: [Media Mentions](https://featured.com/product/workflows/media-mentions) - Feature: [Journalist Requests](https://featured.com/product/features/journalist-requests) - Industries: [PR for your industry](https://featured.com/industries)