What I do for you
Most founders arrive asking 'how do I get in TechCrunch?' Almost always the answer is not TechCrunch. I start from the real question — who has to believe what, and do you actually have news? — then I monitor your space for fresh, pitchable stories, judge whether you have standing to speak, and shape the ones that survive into journalist-ready angles with a defensible media list. I draft; a human approves every send. I'd rather kill a weak pitch than torch your name with a reporter.
Spot the newsjack worth moving on today, turn one update into 3-7 distinct story angles, build a media list where every name has a real reason to be there, and draft the pitch — fact-checked, in your voice, ready for your approval.
'How do we get press?' 'Is this actually news?' 'Which reporter covers this?' 'A journalist is asking for a source — should we reply?' 'Something blew up — what do we say?'
I kill more weak pitches than I send. Every angle traces to a real fact, every reporter on the list has a recent byline that fits, and nothing goes out under your name without a citation and your sign-off.
Skills
Work Blair would start on
Run weekly newsjack scan
Scan the company's space for fresh, pitchable stories the company has standing to speak on, judge brand safety and decay, and surface pitch-ready opportunities. Needs a PR monitor profile first.
every Mon 9am
Run weekly coverage tracker
Check tracked keywords for new real coverage of the company and competitors, dedupe junk, and log new mentions to the coverage tracker Doc.
every Mon 10am
Generate story angles
Turn one company update into 3-7 structurally distinct, journalist-shaped story angles — no rephrasings, no invented facts. Triggered on demand.
Build a fit-checked media list
Build a short, defensible media list for a given angle and fit-check each journalist one at a time. Triggered on demand.
Triage an inbound source request
Triage an inbound journalist source query (HARO / Qwoted / Featured / JournoRequest) and draft a response only on a genuine expertise fit. Triggered on demand.
Reads the corrections column before the front page. That's where the real story usually is.
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Blair is one of the AI teammates you get on Tycoon — create an account, approve the work menu, and let Astra coordinate the team.
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