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Media Relations: Quickly Pitch Journalists in Meltwater
Media Relations: Quickly Pitch Journalists in Meltwater

Save time and interact authentically directly with members of the press.

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Written by Cheyenne V.
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Previously, sending 1:1 emails to journalists required you to be on the full contact profile. Now, firing off an email directly to a contact can be done from Contact or Source profile previews directly within Media Lists and Media Relations Search.

This article will cover:

Prerequisite

Before sending emails using Meltwater, you must integrate your email address in the platform. To integrate your email, follow the on-screen instructions here: app.meltwater.com/account/email-integration/.

Note: This process is different from configuring your email as an approved sender.

Quickly Pitching Journalists

After integrating your email, follow these steps to send emails to individual journalists and newsdesks from your Media Lists or Media Relations Search:

From Media Lists

  1. Click the Media Relations drop-down in the left-hand navigation bar

  2. Select Media Lists

  3. From a Contact or Source Profile

    1. ​​​​​​​Select a journalist or newsdesk's name

    2. Click Email

  4. From a Media Relations | Media List

    1. ​​​​​​​Select Media Lists in the top toolbar

    2. Click on a journalist or newsdesk’s name to open a preview of their profile.

    3. Click Email to open the composer on the right-hand side of your screen.

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  5. Once you click the email button, a new message window will open

  6. Add a subject line, type your message, and click Send.

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From Media Relations Search

  1. Click the Media Relations drop-down in the left-hand navigation bar

  2. Select Search

  3. Enter your search in the search bar at the top of your screen

  4. Select a contact name

  5. Click Email in the right-hand pop-up

    Note: If you’d like to review all interactions between your team and a contact, you can do so from that contact or source’s full profile on the interactions tab.
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  6. Navigate to a contact or source's full profile

  7. Click on the Interactions tab

  8. View any Outreach (Mass Distribution) or Individual emails directly from the table

  9. You can also follow-up or start a new thread directly from the profile, as well.

Note: At this time, email integration does not include engagement analytics or tracking statistics.

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