Searching Articles and Journalists Through Articles

Searching Articles and Journalists Through Articles

Propel's article search is a crucial tool for finding relevant journalists to pitch. Specifically when pitching a niche topic or story, "Article Search" can help you find journalists who have already written about that (or a similar) topic.

Here's a video walkthrough of the entire process:



Here's a video walkthrough of the entire process:

  1. Click on "Discover" in the top navigation bar.

    Article Search Step 1

  2. Click on "Articles".

    Article Search Step 2

  3. Enter relevant information and apply filters:
    • Only Show Authors with an Email Address
      • Checked: Results only show articles by journalists in our database with email addresses. You can immediately add them to your media lists and pitch to them.
      • Unchecked: Results may include articles without author emails. If you attempt to add these to a list, Propel will prompt you to manually enter the author's email address.
    • Search by Title or Body Text: Use the "Search by Title" field to locate journalists who have written about a specific topic in article headlines.
    • Additional filters: Narrow your results using the following:
      • Author name
      • Time period
      • Domain rank
      • Content type
      • Location (city, state, country)
      • Word count

      Article Search Filters

  4. Select the journalists you want to add to your media list.

    Add Journalists to Media List

  5. Select the media list you want to add them to.

    Select Media List

Tips

  1. Keep "Only Show Authors with an Email Address" checked if you're building a media list. Uncheck it if you're using Article Search primarily for research.
  1. For multi-word terms (e.g., Super Bowl), use quotation marks ("Super Bowl") for more accurate results.
  1. Use commas to separate multiple keywords in a single search (e.g., restaurant, hotel, inn).