Category: Change Log

We know how important it is to trust the sources you quote. That’s why HARO has partnered with Pangram, an industry-leading AI detection tool built by researchers from Stanford, Tesla, and Google.

This partnership gives you more control and confidence when reviewing pitches. Starting now, you can:

• Hide AI-generated responses. When submitting a query, just check “No AI responses” — and HARO will automatically filter out pitches flagged as likely AI-generated.
• See AI Likelihood Scores. Every response in your Journalist Dashboard now includes a score showing the likelihood it was AI-written. You can also choose to “Filter Out AI Responses” entirely with a single click.
• Operate with more trust. We’re actively banning AI abusers and spammy accounts — and this is just one more way we’re working to protect your time and improve pitch quality.

Want to see it in action? Submit a query today: helpareporter.com/submit-query

Journalists who put out a HARO query can receive a high quantity of submissions from sources, making it difficult to reply to everyone who submitted.

That’s why Help a Reporter Out just launched a new “quick response” feature to make replying to sources faster and easier.

From the Journalist Dashboard, journalists can now respond to sources with a single click—without revealing an email address to prevent unwanted follow ups.

We hope this Quick Response feature is helpful for journalists to reply to sources, and for sources to receive a status update on their pitch.

In addition, journalists can now bookmark their favorite sources for future stories. Try out these new features by submitting a query.

Help a Reporter Out has launched a new Journalist Dashboard to help you easily track and manage your HARO queries in one place. If you’ve submitted a query recently, you can view it — along with all responses — at helpareporter.com/view-queries.

Journalists are able to do the following on their Journalist Dashboard:

• View all queries in one dashboard
• Mute a query if sufficient responses have been received
• Send a “quick response” to a source with a single click
• Bookmark your favorite sources
• View AI detection scores of a pitch
• Mark a pitch as “unhelpful”
• Report Spam
• And, more

If you haven’t submitted a HARO query recently (or even if you have), we’d love to help you find expert sources for any stories you’re working on this week. You can submit one directly here: helpareporter.com/submit-query

Quality control, made simple.

After reading a pitch, you’ll now see the question: “Was this pitch responsive to your request?” Yes or No?

Every “No” triggers a manual review by our team. If a source consistently misses the mark, they’ll receive feedback — or be quarantined or banned, if necessary.

This helps keep your inbox focused on what matters: relevant, high-quality replies.

Better pitches start here.
— The HARO Team

Tired of pitches still rolling in after your query is already filled? We get it.

Help a Reporter Out now has a “Mute Query” button, so that you can now mute incoming pitches the moment your needs are met. Just click the button, and we’ll stop sending responses your way — sparing your inbox from unnecessary follow-ups.

It’s one more way we’re making it easier for journalists to get what they need, faster (and with less clutter).

Happy reporting!

PS – we’re working on a “Quick Response” feature as well that will allow journalists to send a response to sources with a single click, using one of four predefined templates.

We’re keeping HARO clean.

Thanks to a combination of community flagging from journalists and our new spam detection technology, we’ve permanently removed hundreds of spammy accounts from HARO.

Forever.

Fewer bad actors means a better experience for everyone — more relevant pitches for journalists, and a more trustworthy platform for sources.

More signal, less noise.
— The HARO Team

We’ve added an extra layer of protection for your inbox.

Now, when you submit a query, your real email address is hidden from the HARO list. Instead, we use a masked email that routes pitches to you securely — preventing your address from being scraped or added to unwanted pitch lists.

This update also helps us filter spam more effectively, so only relevant responses reach you.

Your inbox, protected.
— The HARO Team