Successful media relations involves building relationships with reporters, editors, and journalists. If you're a new user to Meltwater, you may have your most important connections saved in a spreadsheet.
This article will walk you through
Adding a Single Journalist
Follow the steps below to add a single journalist to a media list.
Select the Media Relations drop-down in the left-hand side navigation bar
Select My Contacts
Click the Actions drop-down in the top right-hand corner
Select Add your contacts
Click Create a new contact manually by entering their name and contact information
Complete the required fields identified by an *
Select Save
Click OK
To add this new journalist to an existing or new Media List
Select Actions in the top right-hand corner
Click Add to media list
Click the check box next to an existing list or select Create list
If creating a new list, enter a name and click Save
Select OK
Importing Your Media Lists
Importing existing lists from a spreadsheet is helpful in cases where you have important journalists or media contacts that you want to add quickly to your account and have no additional research to complete. Follow the below steps to import an entire media list.
Select the Media Relations drop-down in the left-hand side navigation bar
Select My Contacts
Click Actions in the top right-hand corner
Select Add your contacts
Click Import an existing contact list from a CSV file
Choose the template that applies to your country
Ensure the fields in your offline media list align with the columns in our template.
Copy your list into our template
Note: Please keep all the existing formatting, such as the brief instructions or columns you must fill in.
Save your file
Click Select File
Locate your file on your computer and import it to Meltwater
If you are importing this file of journalists to an existing media list
Select the check box next to that list’s name
If you are creating a brand-new media list
Enter a name for your list
Select the check box next to the new list’s name
Select Import Contacts
If your upload fails, please review the use of the template to ensure you've completed the required columns for each row of journalist details.
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