# Brett Farmiloe

> Brett Farmiloe is the Founder & CEO of Featured.com and CEO of Help a Reporter Out (HARO) and Connectively, the media-sourcing brands Featured acquired and revived in 2025. He builds outlets for experts to share their expertise with journalists, podcasts and publications.

Brett Farmiloe is Founder & CEO of Featured; CEO of Help a Reporter Out (HARO) and Connectively. Based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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## Short bio (quotable)

Brett Farmiloe is the founder and CEO of Featured.com and CEO of Help a Reporter Out (HARO) and Connectively, the media-sourcing brands Featured acquired and revived in 2025. He has spent 20 years building outlets for experts to share their expertise, and speaks on PR in the AI era, earned media, and AI visibility.

## Topics Brett speaks on

- AI-written pitches, and why human ones win: About 21% of HARO pitches are fully AI-generated and 35% of journalists opt out of them. Human-written pitches are accepted about three times as often.
- Earned media is how brands show up in AI: Media mentions help with model mentions. AI is the new front page, and earned coverage is what the models trust.
- Reviving Help a Reporter Out: Why Featured bought HARO from Cision, the harder line on spam and fake accounts, and rebuilding trust email by email.
- Getting experts in front of journalists: One point of contact, a trusted core of 15 to 20 experts, and an outer tier. The operating model that works, from universities to brands.
- Where journalism is going: Influence has fragmented into podcasts and Substacks, and journalists now run several revenue streams. What that means for PR.

## On the record

- “Media mentions help with model mentions. Platforms like HARO are a great way to help boost up those media mentions so that your model mentions can start to increase.” — on On Top of PR, March 10, 2026 (https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/on-top-of-pr)
- “AI is the new front page. PR used to get you on the front page of newspapers. Backlinks used to get you on the front page of Google. And now you have a variety of ways to get you on the front page of AI.” — on In Reality, May 30, 2026 (https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/in-reality-ai-is-the-new-front-page)
- “Today's business day for a PR professional doesn't start where it used to be. It starts on Claude.” — on Comms Confidential, September 8, 2026 (https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/comms-confidential-brett-farmiloe-ai-pitches)
- “I think at the core of it, there's magic still to be had at Help A Reporter Out.” — on The BuzzStream Podcast, April 19, 2025 (https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/buzzstream-haro-is-back)

## Bio

Everyone’s an expert in something. I like building outlets like Featured.com, Help a Reporter Out (HARO), and Connectively for people to share their expertise in meaningful ways.

My founder journey started in an RV. After quitting my job as a financial auditor, three friends and I drove 16,000 miles across 38 states interviewing 300 people about how they found meaning in their work. One of my biggest takeaways from the journey? People don’t have a meaningful outlet to share the expertise they’ve accumulated in their lifetime.

I’ve spent the 20 years since building outlets to share expertise.

Timeline:
- 2006: Out of college with no plan, starts Pursue the Passion. The first RV, a Craigslist find, dies 80 miles in.
- 2007: Quits his job as a financial auditor. Four friends, one RV: 16,000 miles, 38 states, 300 interviews with people who love their work, from a janitor to a killer-whale trainer to the CEO of the MGM Grand.
- 2021: Sells Markitors, the digital marketing agency he founded and ran for ten years: 500 small-business clients and one of Arizona’s Best Companies to Work For.
- 2022: Starts Terkel on terkel.io, for experts like those 500 clients who had real expertise but no way to reach journalists.
- 2023: Terkel becomes Featured.com.
- 2025: Featured acquires Help a Reporter Out from Cision and brings it back a week later, free for journalists and sources.
- 2026: Relaunches Connectively and rebuilds Featured as the co-pilot for PR. HARO passes 100 million emails since its revival.

Along the way:
- Helped Hugh Jackman launch Laughing Man Coffee, a charitable coffee company (acquired by Keurig)
- Published author (sold 1,000 copies... lots of them in Duluth, MN)
- 100+ keynotes from Alaska to Miami, including a TEDx
- First Mailchimp Expert west of the Mississippi
- Contributor to Inc, Fast Company, and others
- Once was sponsored by a food company with unlimited supply of Hot Pockets. Proceeded to eat Hot Pockets for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for 30 days to bootstrap a startup. Never has eaten a Hot Pocket again.

Topics: Where media is going in the AI era, how experts get featured, and what I’m learning rebuilding HARO and platforms for public relations.

The best part of my job is talking with 10–20 customers every week. If you’re an expert or PR team who wants to connect and share your feedback on Featured, HARO, or Connectively, please feel free to reach out anytime. Calendar is always open to talk shop and learn what we should build next.

## Companies

- [About](https://brettfarmiloe.com/about.md), [Contact](https://brettfarmiloe.com/contact.md), [Privacy](https://brettfarmiloe.com/privacy.md)
- [Featured](https://brettfarmiloe.com/companies/featured) (https://featured.com) — Brett Farmiloe: Founder & CEO. Featured.com is the co-pilot for PR. Experts and PR teams use it to find media opportunities and earn coverage across journalist requests, podcasts, bylines, speaking, awards, and GEO (generative engine optimization).
- [Help a Reporter Out (HARO)](https://brettfarmiloe.com/companies/haro) (https://www.helpareporter.com) — Brett Farmiloe: CEO. Help a Reporter Out (HARO) connects journalists with expert sources through a three-times-a-day email of journalist requests. Featured acquired HARO from Cision in April 2025 and revived it as a free service for journalists and sources, supported by newsletter ads.
- [Connectively](https://brettfarmiloe.com/companies/connectively) (https://connectively.us) — Brett Farmiloe: CEO. Connectively is the media-sourcing platform Cision launched as HARO’s successor in 2024. Featured acquired and revived it alongside HARO, relaunching Connectively on June 2, 2026.
- [Markitors](https://brettfarmiloe.com/companies/markitors) (https://markitors.com) — Brett Farmiloe: Ran for 10 years (acquired 2021). Markitors is a digital marketing agency for small businesses that Brett Farmiloe ran for 10 years. It was acquired in 2021 and was named one of Arizona’s Best Companies to Work For.

## Frequently asked questions

### Who is Brett Farmiloe?

Brett Farmiloe is the Founder & CEO of Featured.com and CEO of Help a Reporter Out (HARO) and Connectively. He is based in Scottsdale, Arizona, and has spent 20 years building outlets for experts to share their expertise, including the digital marketing agency Markitors (acquired 2021).

### Who owns HARO (Help a Reporter Out)?

Featured.com, led by founder and CEO Brett Farmiloe, acquired Help a Reporter Out (HARO) from Cision in April 2025 and relaunched it on April 22, 2025 as a free service for journalists and sources.

### Who owns Connectively?

Connectively is owned by Featured.com. Brett Farmiloe is its CEO. Featured acquired and revived Connectively along with HARO and relaunched it on June 2, 2026.

### What is Featured.com?

Featured.com is the co-pilot for PR. Experts and PR teams use it to find media opportunities and earn coverage across journalist requests, podcasts, bylines, speaking, awards, and GEO. Brett Farmiloe founded it in January 2022.

### What does Brett Farmiloe talk about?

Where media is going in the AI era, how experts get featured, earned media as a driver of AI visibility ("media mentions help with model mentions"), why human-written pitches outperform AI-generated ones, and what he is learning rebuilding HARO.

### How can I contact Brett Farmiloe?

Reach Brett on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/brettfarmiloe) or X (@brettfarmiloe). He talks with 10–20 Featured, HARO and Connectively customers every week and welcomes feedback from experts and PR teams.

## Podcast appearances (42)

- [How Brands Get Subject Matter Experts in Front of Journalists: Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on IN CLEAR FOCUS](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/in-clear-focus) — IN CLEAR FOCUS, September 22, 2026. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Bigeye's IN CLEAR FOCUS: how brands get subject matter experts in front of journalists, and why human pitches win 3 to 1.
- [35% of Journalists Opt Out of AI pitches: Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Comms Confidential](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/comms-confidential-brett-farmiloe-ai-pitches) — Comms Confidential, September 8, 2026. Brett Farmiloe of Featured on Comms Confidential: AI detection on every HARO pitch finds 21% fully AI-generated; 35% of journalists opt out of AI pitches.
- [Why Your AI-Written Pitch Might Never Reach a Journalist: Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Let's Talk PR & More with Sherry Goldman](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/lets-talk-pr-and-more-ai-written-pitch) — Let's Talk PR & More, August 11, 2026. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Let's Talk PR & More with Sherry Goldman: 21% of HARO pitches are AI-written, and 35% of journalists filter them out.
- [Why Are Journalist Request Platforms So Important for SEO?](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/why-journalist-request-platforms-important-seo) — Majestic's SEO in 2026, August 5, 2026. Brett Farmiloe joined Majestic's SEO in 2026 podcast to share insights on how to leverage journalist request platforms like HARO and Connectively for SEO a
- [AI Is the New Front Page: Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on In Reality with Eric Schurenberg](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/in-reality-ai-is-the-new-front-page) — In Reality, May 30, 2026. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on In Reality with Eric Schurenberg: AI is the new front page, 21% of HARO pitches are AI-written, and 3,000+ accounts banned.
- [Inside the HARO Acquisition and Launch of Featured: What It Signals About the Future of Earned Media, with Brett Farmiloe on The Brandinc PR Podcast](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/brandinc-pr-inside-the-haro-acquisition) — The Brandinc PR Podcast, March 27, 2026. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on The Brandinc PR Podcast with Brandi Sims: why HARO still matters, what its acquisition signals, and how AI fits in.
- [Fragmented Influence: Why PR Now Means Podcasts, Substacks and Eight Revenue Streams Per Journalist, with Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Under Embargo](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/under-embargo-fragmented-influence) — Under Embargo, March 18, 2026. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Under Embargo: HARO's AI detection, the two camps of journalists on AI pitches, and why influence moved to individuals.
- [AI in PR: The Strategic Edge, with Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on PureLogics Pulse](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/purelogics-pulse-ai-in-pr) — PureLogics Pulse, March 13, 2026. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on PureLogics Pulse: human-in-the-loop PR, why unedited AI pitches hurt credibility, and what a good pitch looks like in 2026.
- [Media Mentions Help With Model Mentions: Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on On Top of PR with Jason Mudd](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/on-top-of-pr) — On Top of PR, March 10, 2026. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on On Top of PR with Jason Mudd: why HARO came back, how it scores pitches, and why media mentions feed AI model mentions.
- [The Publications That Matter to Your Audience Might Not Have a Dot-Com: Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on cogcast](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/cogcast-media-matchmaker) — cogcast, March 6, 2026. Brett Farmiloe of Featured on Cognito Media's cogcast: AI raised the bar for every pitch, journalists are now entrepreneurs, and outlets may be people.
- [Get Quoted by a Human to Be Found by Machines: Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on the Human-First AI Marketing Podcast](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/human-first-ai-marketing-featured-in-ai-results) — Human-First AI Marketing Podcast, March 3, 2026. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on the Human-First AI Marketing Podcast: reactive PR for SMBs, and why media mentions get brands cited by AI models.
- [The AI PR Hack: Get Backlinks From Journalists, with Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on The Edward Show](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/edward-show-ai-pr-hack) — The Edward Show, February 20, 2026. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on The Edward Show: an AI feature that matches your press release to the right journalists from HARO's 33,000-plus.
- [Earned Media in the Agent Era: Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on The AI SEO Insighter with Chris Raulf](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/ai-seo-insighter-earned-media-agent-era) — The AI SEO Insighter, February 11, 2026. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on The AI SEO Insighter with Chris Raulf: AI scores on every HARO pitch, why roundups still work, and AI agents as sourcers.
- [Human in the Loop, on Everything: Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Build a Better Agency](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/build-a-better-agency-537) — Build a Better Agency, January 19, 2026. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Build a Better Agency: every HARO pitch is AI-scored, 21% are fully AI-generated, and a human still decides what gets sent.
- [DIY PR Pitching to US Media: HARO CEO Brett Farmiloe on Hack Your Own PR with Odette Barry](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/hack-your-own-pr-diy-pitching-us-media) — Hack Your Own PR, December 9, 2025. HARO CEO Brett Farmiloe on Hack Your Own PR with Odette Barry: expert commentary in US media, the HARO pitch formula, and what citations mean for LLMs.
- [How HARO Helps You Stand Out: PR Tips That Connect, with Brett Farmiloe on The Real Connect](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/the-real-connect-how-haro-helps-you-stand-out) — The Real Connect, December 4, 2025. Brett Farmiloe on The Real Connect with Tamika Carlton: how HARO works behind the scenes, what journalists want, and using AI without losing your voice.
- [Connecting Experts With Journalists Through Featured.com: Brett Farmiloe on the HabitStack Podcast](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/habitstack-connecting-experts-with-journalists) — HabitStack, November 26, 2025. Featured founder Brett Farmiloe on the HabitStack Podcast with Scott Ward: HARO pitch rules, life after product-market fit, and a fourth founder's habits.
- [21% of HARO Pitches Are Fully AI-Generated: Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Inside the Media Minds](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/21-percent-haro-pitches-fully-ai-generated) — Inside the Media Minds, November 11, 2025. About 21% of pitches submitted through HARO score as fully AI-generated, and journalists split into a camp that filters them out and a camp that cares only
- [The Two PR Tools You Need: Featured and HARO](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/visibility-era-the-two-pr-tools-you-need) — Visibility Era, November 5, 2025. Featured founder Brett Farmiloe on Visibility Era: how he built Featured, why he bought HARO, and why niche blogs and expert sources matter for LLMs.
- [Scaling Trust: Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe with Jason Barnard on Fastlane Founders and Legacy](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/fastlane-founders-scaling-trust) — Fastlane Founders and Legacy, September 24, 2025. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe with Jason Barnard on Fastlane Founders: short expert contributions, AI citations, and an audit-first path to visibility.
- [How to Still Get Free Press Coverage in an Ever-Changing AI World: Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Brand Rescue](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/brand-rescue-free-press-coverage-ai-world) — Brand Rescue, September 23, 2025. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Brand Rescue with Whitney Lee: reviving HARO, why trust in media matters more than ever, and going from agency to platform.
- [The Future of PR: Earned Media, AI in Journalism and Visibility, with Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Right About Now](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/right-about-now-future-of-pr) — Right About Now, September 20, 2025. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Right About Now with Ryan Alford: the HARO relaunch, AI detection on every pitch, and how to measure PR in 2025.
- [Navigating HARO's Relaunch and the Future of Media Exposure, with Brett Farmiloe on PRessing On](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/pressing-on-navigating-haros-relaunch) — PRessing On, September 17, 2025. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on PRessing On: Real Life in Public Relations: the 2025 HARO relaunch, AI in PR, and building the expert economy.
- [42 Answers Per Query, with Brett Farmiloe on the Public Relations Review Podcast](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/public-relations-review-featured-haro) — Public Relations Review, September 16, 2025. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on the Public Relations Review Podcast: three daily HARO emails, about 42 answers per query, and a freemium model for experts.
- [Your New Customer Is AI: Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on PR Yourself with Leah Frazier](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/pr-yourself-your-new-customer-is-ai) — PR Yourself, September 15, 2025. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on PR Yourself with Leah Frazier: 175,000 experts, 3,000 publishers, HARO's three daily emails, and why your customer is AI.
- [Using HARO to Navigate the Expert Economy: Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on The Digital PR Podcast](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/digital-pr-podcast-expert-economy) — The Digital PR Podcast, July 31, 2025. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Propellernet's Digital PR Podcast: where HARO's audience is, when its three daily editions send, and how to pitch now.
- [HARO Reloaded: How to Pitch Like It's 2025, with Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Stories and Strategies](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/stories-and-strategies-haro-reloaded) — Stories and Strategies, July 22, 2025. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Stories and Strategies: why HARO faded, how it came back, and how to pitch when 7 to 14 people pitch every journalist.
- [PR Hacks for Small Business Owners, with Brett Farmiloe on Marketer of the Day with Robert Plank](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/marketer-of-the-day-pr-hacks-for-small-business) — Marketer of the Day, July 6, 2025. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Marketer of the Day with Robert Plank: how small business owners land media features by being concise and credible.
- [Cracking the B2B Marketplace Code: Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on SaaS That App](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/saas-that-app-cracking-the-b2b-marketplace-code) — SaaS That App, July 2, 2025. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on SaaS That App: turning a manual PR service into a two-sided marketplace, Magic Moments metrics, and manual-first automation.
- [Breaking Into Global Media: Insider Tips for Australian Entrepreneurs, with HARO's Brett Farmiloe on Media Magnet](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/media-magnet-haro-for-australian-entrepreneurs) — Media Magnet, June 27, 2025. HARO's Brett Farmiloe on Media Magnet with Liz Nable: how Australian and New Zealand experts break into global media, six days after HARO's relaunch.
- [Transforming Knowledge Into Media Opportunities: Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Your Brand Amplified](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/your-brand-amplified-knowledge-into-media-opportunities) — Your Brand Amplified, June 17, 2025. Featured's Brett Farmiloe on Your Brand Amplified with Anika Jackson: why experts struggle to share knowledge and how Featured links them with journalists.
- [Featured Acquires HARO: Brett Farmiloe on the Domain Name Wire Podcast](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/domain-name-wire-featured-acquires-haro) — Domain Name Wire, June 17, 2025. Brett Farmiloe returns to the Domain Name Wire Podcast: how the Featured.com domain and rebrand paid off, and why Featured acquired HARO in 2025.
- [The New Frontier of PR and Journalism: A Chat With Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Beyond the Edge](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/beyond-the-edge-new-frontier-pr-journalism) — Beyond the Edge, June 15, 2025. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Beyond the Edge, the English-language video podcast from Italian PR agency Disclosers, on where PR and journalism go next.
- [Pursuing Your Passion to Build a Profile: Featured Founder Brett Farmiloe on That's Audacious](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/thats-audacious-pursuing-your-passion) — That's Audacious, May 16, 2025. Featured founder Brett Farmiloe on That's Audacious with Lauren Clemett: from the Pursue the Passion road trip to a platform that gets experts published.
- [Why the Golden Era of Digital PR Is Just Beginning: Market Movers with Linkifi](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/market-movers-how-brett-farmiloe-revived-haro) — Market Movers with Linkifi, May 2, 2025. Brett Farmiloe on Linkifi's Market Movers, two weeks after HARO's relaunch: the original email format, the anti-spam vetting, and outlets already back.
- [Help a Reporter Out Is Back: This Is the Guy Who Revived It, with Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on The Edward Show](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/edward-show-haro-is-back) — The Edward Show, April 24, 2025. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on The Edward Show on HARO's relaunch day: bought from Cision April 15, 2025, live April 22, and a harder line on spam.
- [Help a Reporter Out Is Back: Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe's First Interview as HARO's New Owner, on the BuzzStream Podcast](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/buzzstream-haro-is-back) — The BuzzStream Podcast, April 19, 2025. Brett Farmiloe's first interview as HARO's owner on BuzzStream's podcast: why Featured bought HARO from Cision, the anti-spam plan and the April 22 return.
- [How to Get Featured With AI, SEO and Digital PR Strategies: Brett Farmiloe on The Long Game with Elijah Murray](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/the-long-game-how-to-get-featured) — The Long Game, March 7, 2025. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on The Long Game with Elijah Murray: creativity in AI businesses, why new data matters, and monetizing unique expertise.
- [Boost Your SEO With Digital PR: Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on The Agency Insider Show](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/agency-insider-show-digital-pr-hacks) — The Agency Insider Show, February 5, 2025. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on PageTraffic's Agency Insider Show: four-minute time to value, 1,000+ publishers, and a client that 25x'd organic traffic.
- [Redefining Digital PR: Featured Founder Brett Farmiloe on the Marketing Quacks Podcast](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/marketing-quacks-redefining-digital-pr) — Marketing Quacks, November 12, 2024. Featured founder Brett Farmiloe on the Marketing Quacks Podcast: media placements for SEO, quality versus quantity in PR, and AI in content creation.
- [The Power of Earned Media: Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on What The Frac?](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/what-the-frac-the-power-of-earned-media) — What The Frac?, June 14, 2024. Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on What The Frac? with Nicole Zeno and Tamara Laine: how earned media drives growth and turns stories into visibility.
- [Upgrading to Featured.com: Brett Farmiloe on Why Terkel Rebranded to Featured, on the Domain Name Wire Podcast](https://brettfarmiloe.com/podcasts/domain-name-wire-upgrading-to-featured-com) — Domain Name Wire, August 8, 2023. Brett Farmiloe on the Domain Name Wire Podcast, August 2023: why Terkel acquired Featured.com and rebranded as Featured, and what the domain did for trust.

## Research

- [Featured Workflow Usage Report — September 2026](https://brettfarmiloe.com/research/featured-workflow-usage-report-september-2026) (September 21, 2026): Featured's automated workflows help users find press opportunities on a custom cadence. Here's the data we've gathered so far.
- [Featured AI Citation Report, June-August 2026](https://brettfarmiloe.com/research/ai-citation-report-august-2026): We analysed 405 GEO audits and 22,881 real citations from AI search. More than a third pointed to domains with Domain Authority under 40.
- [HARO Statistics (2026)](https://brettfarmiloe.com/research/haro-statistics): 21% of HARO pitches are written entirely by AI. Journalists are about three times more likely to use a human-written pitch, and 35% now block AI-generated responses.

## Media mentions

- [Journalists Hate AI-Generated PR: Pangram's Case Study on a Year of AI Detection Across Featured, HARO and Connectively](https://brettfarmiloe.com/media-mentions/pangram-case-study-journalists-hate-ai-generated-pr) (September 23, 2026): Pangram's case study on a year of AI detection across Featured, HARO and Connectively: 1.39M pitches, 21% fully AI-generated, 35% of journalists opt out.
- [Inngest Profiles How Featured Runs Three Media Brands With A Team Of Seven](https://brettfarmiloe.com/media-mentions/inngest-featured-orchestration-layer) (September 15, 2026): How Connectively, HARO, and Featured run three brands and 2,500 articles a month on a team of seven — and where the reliable, boring layer underneath actua
- [Featured's Users Make 100,000 Media Pitches a Month, Running on Vercel](https://brettfarmiloe.com/media-mentions/featured-on-vercel-100k-media-pitches-a-month) (September 13, 2026): How Featured's users make 100K media pitches per month on Vercel, with a three-person engineering team managing three brands, including HARO.

## Press releases

- [Featured Launches Find Awards To Search 4,596 Business Awards, Rankings And Best-Of Lists Across 43 Industries](https://brettfarmiloe.com/press-releases/featured-launches-find-awards) (September 15, 2026): Featured launches Find Awards to help PR professionals and experts find relevant awards to apply for all in natural language.
- [Featured Launches GEO Audit to Show Brands Which Publications AI Search Engines Cite and Which Ones to Pitch](https://brettfarmiloe.com/press-releases/featured-launches-geo-audit) (August 25, 2026): Featured launches GEO audit to help users see how their brand is showing up across the 4 largest LLMs. Check how your brand shows up against search prompts
- [Featured Launches Find Creators Search With 380 Million Creators Across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube](https://brettfarmiloe.com/press-releases/featured-launches-find-creators) (August 18, 2026): Featured launches Find Creators to help PR and marketing teams discover relevant creators across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube using natural language.
- [One in Three Journalists Now Filter Out AI-Written Pitches, Says Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe](https://brettfarmiloe.com/press-releases/one-in-three-journalists-filter-out-ai-pitches) (August 13, 2026): One in three HARO journalists chose to filter out AI pitches, a box that is left unchecked by default.
- [AI Has Made Media Pitching Noisier and Less Effective, Says Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe](https://brettfarmiloe.com/press-releases/ai-has-made-media-pitching-noisier) (August 8, 2026): AI is making media pitching noisier. HARO and Connectively are cracking down by using AI detection on every pitch.
- [Featured.com Acquires Help A Reporter Out (HARO) from Cision](https://brettfarmiloe.com/press-releases/featured-com-acquires-help-a-reporter-out-haro-from-cision) (April 16, 2025): HARO, founded in 2008 and owned by Cision since 2014, returns to its original free, email-based format under Featured's ownership.

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