Helpareporter.com Hits a Speed Bump

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  carolspr04/08/08 Report as spam
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  Love HARO

  As we discussed this morning, I really appreciate Peter's Help a Reporter Out...talk about connected! I can see your point about Peter keeping up with the times, but these are his contacts and it seems that his subscribers should be respectful of that.
  
  Thanks for your insight at the roundtable this morning.

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  Paula at AME04/08/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Helpareporter.com Hits a Speed Bump

  I have to disagree on one point; it should be a no-brainer for a seasoned PR person to understand that journalists don't want their contact information posted on a website. An email list is different. Granted, this could also be abused, but it's certainly not in the same league as a website. Perhaps HALO will go through some growing pains, but I think it's a useful and valuable service and I hope it will succeed.

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  jongreer04/08/08 Report as spam
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  Reporters' emails aren't confidential

  Simple fact: reporters emails are everywhere, including being posted on their own sites. So there's simply no spam/privacy issue here.
  
  I think HARO is a great idea as well -- but I also think it was set up rather simplistically and it will definitely have to evolve or it won't last.

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  Sally Whittle04/11/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Helpareporter.com Hits a Speed Bump

  It's interesting - because our UK site http://gettingink.typepad.com/journos was set up exactly the same way as HARO (Facebook, then online). We do a daily email service but all requests are on a blog and users are invited to repost/bookmark/forward them. From a reporter's perspective, the more people see this stuff, the better. And with that an upfront part of the service, we know that if a feature is confidential, not to include too much detail in the request. Perhaps HARO is going to have to embrace some of that openness?