AI Tool for Managing Journalist Sources
Let your AI agent handle source tracking, follow-up reminders, and personalized outreach so you can focus on breaking news, not chasing contacts.
As a reporter, you waste hours digging through Gmail, Outlook, and Google Sheets to remember when you last spoke to a source. Important leads get buried in endless email threads, and reconnecting after months feels awkward. Every missed follow-up means risking a scoop or losing credibility with your network.
An AI agent that helps journalists organize, track, and maintain relationships with sources by automating reminders, message drafts, and contact summaries.
What this replaces
The hidden cost
What this is really costing you
In newsrooms, reporters and editors rely on a healthy network of reliable sources. But keeping tabs on every conversation, remembering to follow up, and tracking leads across Gmail, Outlook, and Excel is exhausting. The manual process of updating contact lists and drafting outreach messages eats into time that should be spent investigating stories. The result: lost exclusives, missed interviews, and strained professional relationships.
Time wasted
2.5 hrs/week
Every week, burned on work an AI agent handles in minutes.
Money lost
$6,250/year
In salary, missed revenue, and operational drag — annually.
If you keep ignoring it
Ignoring this problem means missing out on breaking news, losing access to key informants, and damaging your reputation with sources who expect regular contact.
Cost estimates derived from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage data and O*NET task analysis.
Return on investment
The math speaks for itself
Today — without agent
2.5 hrs/week
of manual work
With your AI agent
20 min/week
agent-handled
You save
$5,417/year
every year, reinvested into growing your business
Estimates based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics median salary data and O*NET task importance ratings from worker surveys. Time savings assume 80% automation of eligible task components.
Jobs your agent handles
What this agent does for you
Complete jobs, handled end-to-end — so your team focuses on what matters.
Preparing for an Interview
You ask your agent to summarize your last three conversations with a source before a call.
Reconnecting with Dormant Sources
You ask your agent to identify sources you haven’t contacted in over six months and draft a re-engagement note.
Tracking Promising Leads
You ask your agent to organize and highlight new sources from recent events or press releases.
Maintaining a Source Network
You ask your agent to suggest which sources to check in with this week based on industry developments.
How to hire your agent
Connect your tools
Link your email, document management, and research platforms you use to communicate and track sources.
Tell your agent what you need
Example: 'Show me which sources I haven’t contacted in the last three months and draft a follow-up message for each.'
Agent gets it done
The agent returns a list of sources with last contact dates and ready-to-send personalized follow-up drafts.
You doing it vs. your agent doing it
Agent skill set
What this agent knows how to do
Source Background Briefs
Pulls recent conversations from Gmail and Slack to generate a concise summary before outreach.
Personalized Follow-Up Drafts
Drafts custom follow-up emails based on your last interaction and current news relevance.
Contact Timeline Tracking
Builds a chronological log of every email, call, and message with each source for quick reference.
Dormant Source Alerts
Flags sources you haven’t contacted in over three months and suggests re-engagement strategies.
Outreach Scheduling Reminders
Analyzes your communication history and prompts you to check in with high-value contacts at optimal times.
AI Agent FAQ
The agent links to Gmail, Outlook, and Slack using secure OAuth connections. For Google Sheets contact lists, you can import directly. Integration with Microsoft Teams is planned.
All data is encrypted using TLS 1.3 during transfer and is never stored after processing. Only you control what the agent accesses, and nothing is shared externally.
No, your AI agent drafts personalized messages and reminders, but you always review and send them from your own account. Your relationships stay authentic.
Currently, the agent supports English-language communications. Multi-language support is in development for Spanish and French.
The agent organizes your contacts, tracks every conversation, and reminds you when to reconnect. It reduces time spent searching emails and ensures you never lose touch with important sources.
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