Muck Rack for Journalists Reviews & Product Details

easy to use, friendly site, always updated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Reports, presentations. Articles need to be partitioned; do not copy all and add pages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Muck Rack is a well established, comprehensive database of reporters across industries and publications so you're getting your story in front of the right person. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Like everything, it can be hard to keep up with every change that is going on daily so there are times when data is a tad dated, but the benefits here far outweigh the cons. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As someone who's moved in and out of journalism throughout my career, Much Rack for Journalists has been invaluable as an archive of my previous work. It's great for job applications, as well as for seeking out potential collaborators. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Muck Rack is definitely designed for journalists for whom all of their work is published online (as most is, nowadays). As such, the UI around adding pieces published in print is a bit clunky. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As a journalist myself, I find Muckruck informative on keeping up with fellow reporters-- as well as seeing where my articles have been aggregated and sent to wherever else as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There should be more options to follow links and see how far an article has reached as well as get a basic timeline for both the story and the author of the article. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MuckRack provides a simple platform on which any individual in the media can build a simple repository of all their published work to date, regardless of the publication source. This is especially useful if you're a freelance writer and you have publications with a wide variety of outlets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Visually, MuckRack is not particularly appealing. Moreover it doesn't provide intuitive ways to organize your clips, such as by publication. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I'm a big fan of Muck Rack to easily consolidate my news clips. It is also a good resource for data analytics among journalists. I also my own CMS programs to create personal pages, but they are hard on up-keep. It also has a very simple to use analytics calculator, just input the article's URL into the "who's shared my article" section, for how many times your article has been shared among other journalists and media outlets shared your article. It also pulls tweet embeds of journalists who have shared the article to show what they said. There are still a few features I have not used yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The site could have a nicer aesthetic presence, typically in the automatic pull section of news clips. I also have trouble editing logistical information, such as the appropriate phone number to use. Furthermore, the profile section has an odd timeline for filtering priority of information. But hey, it is still way more user friendly and faster than building your own website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Muck Rack newsletter is one of the few that I read almost every day. Written with flair and voice, it helps direct me to the most important news each day. I trust them almost implicitly. In addition, I'm grateful for the way that Muck Rack collates all of my pieces — helpfully showing up fairly high in Google searches. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Can't really think of any dislikes. I've never had any issues with the service, though admittedly I don't pay for anything. I don't think... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I liked that my profile was actually already there waiting for me. Muck Rack has some kind of algorithm that collects articles from journalists and compiles them into a bare bones profile. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not a whole lot, functionality wise. I just wish more people used it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Muck Rack is a great third-party verification tool for media professionals. Since they take the time to update your profile with your latest work, it makes it easier to have all in one place if you write for numerous publications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't really like that they display your tweets. Twitter is a conversational platform, and so it looks out of context. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

From a journalist's point of view (regarding business development/personal branding), it's a good way to consistently showcase your work in a portfolio-type setting. The media industry needs you to hustle. For anyone else, it's a way to look at the prior work of a journalist (what kinds of outlets have they worked for? what topics are they good at covering? do they specialize or are they general assignment types?) easily, without having to navigate to many different websites (if the journalist has written for many different outlets). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The product is not mainstream and not enough working journalists actually use it. Since the value of the information comes from the journalist profiles, there needs to be more profiles. It is definitely a credible product - the journalists on Muck Rack are willing to stand behind their profiles. Muck Rack could probably attract more journalists by showing examples of how people got work through their profiles. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.