Expertise Finder: Quick source search for journalists
by Rachel Sanders Next time you need to find that perfect “expert source” for a story you’re working on, forget Google and head straight for Expertise Finder instead. Type in the subject you’re writing about and the website will comb through its database of 20,000 media-friendly academics from universities and colleges across North America to find the ones that fit. The […]
Media Spot Me streamlines the interview chase
A Waterloo-based start up launched earlier this year aims to help journalists find high quality interviews without the frustrations of lengthy online searches. Media Spot Me is the work of Stavros Rougas (a former associate producer with TV Ontario’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin) and his partner, developer Ebrahim Ashrafizadeh. Together they’ve compiled a database of […]
