# Daily journalist request alert for your topics

**Use case:** 

Get new journalist source requests from SourceBottle and Bluesky #journorequest every day, filtered by the topics you can speak on. Each row has the brief, outlet, deadline, country and reply link. Replace the sample keywords with your expertise and schedule it daily: only requests not delivered before come back, and a quiet day costs only the run start.

## Input

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "small business",
    "marketing",
    "finance"
  ],
  "sources": [
    "sourcebottle",
    "bluesky"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "AU",
    "NZ",
    "UK",
    "CA",
    "US",
    "SG"
  ],
  "postedWithinDays": 3,
  "maxResults": 100,
  "onlyNew": true,
  "monitorKey": "daily-alert"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "platform": {
    "label": "platform",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "postedAt": {
    "label": "postedAt",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "requestText": {
    "label": "requestText",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "outlet": {
    "label": "outlet",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "postedBy": {
    "label": "postedBy",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "country": {
    "label": "country",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "deadline": {
    "label": "deadline",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "matchedKeywords": {
    "label": "matchedKeywords",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "url",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Journalist Request Finder 📰 (HARO alternative) Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Daily journalist request alert for your topics". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/x16ip2SsSmIKAg7HV) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Daily journalist request alert for your topics" task

The Journalist Request Finder 📰 (HARO alternative) Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like your topics or expertise, where to look, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Daily journalist request alert for your topics" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as platform, postedat, title, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Daily journalist request alert for your topics" task via API](https://apify.com/tagadanar/journalist-request-finder.md).

## FAQ

### How do I get journalist requests for my own topics?

Edit keywords with topics you can comment on. A request is kept when it matches one. sources picks SourceBottle, Bluesky or both, and postedWithinDays and maxResults limit age and volume.

### How do I get only new requests each day?

Turn on onlyNew, give the alert a monitorKey and schedule the task daily. History is kept per list name and per filter set, so changing keywords starts a fresh history.

### How do I answer a request?

Open the url on the row. SourceBottle asks you to sign up for free to respond, and Bluesky posts are answered by DM or reply. The actor only reads public pages and never replies for you.

### Why is postedBy empty on SourceBottle rows?

SourceBottle shows the outlet and the poster's role, not the journalist's name, until you log in. The outlet and posterRole fields carry what is public. No account is needed to run this.

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Journalist Request Finder 📰 (HARO alternative)](https://apify.com/tagadanar/journalist-request-finder.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/tagadanar/journalist-request-finder.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/tagadanar/journalist-request-finder.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).