Journalist Request Finder: HARO Alternative for PR & Backlinks

Fresh journalist requests for expert sources, in one feed. HARO is gone and Connectively closed, but journalists still post call-outs every day. This actor collects them from three places:

• SourceBottle call-outs from journalists, bloggers, podcasters and PR agencies in the US, UK & Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Singapore, across 11 industries
• Bluesky posts tagged #journorequest, #prrequest and #mediarequest
• Mastodon #journorequest posts, including journa.host, the journalists' server

Filter by your topics, drop anything you can't answer, and get the outlet, the deadline and a link to respond. Schedule it daily and you have a free HARO replacement for digital PR, founder visibility and link building.

No account, no key, no proxy.

What you get

source, title, summary (the full request), outlet, requesterRole (Journalist, Blogger, PR Agency...), author, authorHandle, authorProfileUrl, countries, industries, postedAt, deadline (YYYY-MM-DD), deadlineText, url, links, contactEmails, matchedTopics, howToRespond

Example input

Requests about finance, small business, marketing or tech, posted in the last 7 days and still open:

{
  "keywords": ["finance", "small business", "marketing", "tech"],
  "maxAgeDays": 7,
  "openOnly": true
}

US and UK SourceBottle call-outs only, no giveaway requests:

{
  "sources": ["sourcebottle"],
  "countries": ["US", "UK"],
  "includeProductRequests": false
}

Example output

{
  "source": "sourcebottle",
  "title": "Startup founders, VCs, and HR leaders for roundup i'view",
  "summary": "I’m writing an expert commentary piece for HeadhuntEZ Insights on a question every company is facing right now: should a role go to a person, an AI agent, or bo...",
  "outlet": "HeadhuntEZ, Inc.",
  "requesterRole": "Writer",
  "countries": ["United States", "UK & Ireland"],
  "industries": ["Professional Services", "Technology", "Business & Finance"],
  "postedAt": "2026-10-16",
  "deadline": "2026-10-22",
  "deadlineText": "22 October 2026 @ 5pm",
  "url": "https://www.sourcebottle.com/query.asp?qid=163008",
  "matchedTopics": ["finance", "tech"],
  "howToRespond": "Free SourceBottle account; respond on the call-out page."
}

{
  "source": "bluesky",
  "title": "Seeking a woman in the US who is using #GLP1 pills rather than auto-injection, where a fear/intense dislike of needles kept you from using t",
  "summary": "Seeking a woman in the US who is using #GLP1 pills rather than auto-injection, where a fear/intense dislike of needles kept you from using the drug for weight loss until the pills came out. This is for a national women's health magazine.\nThanks!\n#journorequest #seekingsources",
  "author": "Meryl Davids Landau",
  "authorHandle": "meryldl.bsky.social",
  "authorProfileUrl": "https://bsky.app/profile/meryldl.bsky.social",
  "postedAt": "2026-10-19T19:41:56.449Z",
  "deadline": null,
  "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/meryldl.bsky.social/post/3myauuiezs22n",
  "howToRespond": "Reply to or message the author on Bluesky, or follow the link in the post."
}

Uses

• Digital PR and link building: answer requests from real outlets and earn mentions and backlinks
• Founders and experts: get quoted in your field without paying a PR retainer
• PR agencies: one daily feed for every client's topics, filtered per client
• Alerts: schedule it every morning and send new matches to Slack or email with an Apify integration

Pricing

• $0.002 per request
• No start fee. A run that finds nothing is free.

A default run (every topic, last 7 days) returns about 100 requests, roughly $0.20.

Notes

• SourceBottle files many call-outs under several industries and countries. Each call-out appears once, with every industry and country it is listed under.
• Topics match the title, request text and outlet. A SourceBottle industry name counts too, but only when the call-out is filed under three industries or fewer, because some are filed under all twelve.
• Bluesky deadlines are read from the text ("Deadline 24 Oct") when the author gives one. Many posts have none.
• Bluesky request bots repost the same request several times; duplicates are dropped.
• Replying on SourceBottle needs a free SourceBottle account. Bluesky and Mastodon requests are answered on those networks.