# In the news

9 posts.

- [Human Pitches Still Beat AI Pitches, HARO Data Shows](https://press.featured.com/media-mention/human-pitches-still-beat-ai-pitches-haro-data-shows.md) (2026-10-16): A new HARO report put real numbers behind what many PR pros already suspected: human-written pitches land far more often than AI-generated ones.
- [Media Mention: Yes, AI Can Write Your Pitch. But Can It Give Journalists What They Need?](https://press.featured.com/media-mention/media-mention-yes-ai-can-write-your-pitch-but-can-it-give-journalists-what-they.md) (2026-10-15): HARO CEO Brett Farmiloe told EIN Presswire what millions of media pitches reveals about AI, human oversight, and what actually makes journalists choose you
- [Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on What Still Wins a Journalist in Ten Seconds](https://press.featured.com/media-mention/featured-ceo-brett-farmiloe-on-what-still-wins-a-journalist-in-ten-seconds.md) (2026-10-13): How to get featured in the media, from Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe: the HARO pitch checklist, realistic first-month results, and what gets pitches deleted.
- [Journalists Hate AI-Generated PR | Pangram x Featured](https://press.featured.com/media-mention/pangram-case-study-journalists-hate-ai-generated-pr.md) (2026-09-23): 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 Featured's Orchestration Layer](https://press.featured.com/media-mention/inngest-featured-orchestration-layer.md) (2026-09-15): 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 on Vercel: 100K Media Pitches a Month](https://press.featured.com/media-mention/featured-on-vercel-100k-media-pitches-a-month.md) (2026-09-13): How Featured's users make 100K media pitches per month on Vercel, with a three-person engineering team managing three brands, including HARO.
- [HARO Subscribers Are Up 54% Year Over Year](https://press.featured.com/media-mention/haro-subscribers-up-54-percent.md) (2026-08-17): HARO (Help a Reporter Out) subscribers are up 54% year over year, as more experts and PR pros sign up for free journalist requests by email each weekday.
- [HARO Journalist Requests Climb 68% Year Over Year](https://press.featured.com/media-mention/haro-journalist-requests-climb-68-percent.md) (2026-08-12): Journalist requests posted on HARO (Help a Reporter Out) climbed 68% year over year, giving experts and PR pros more free chances to land media coverage.
- [HARO Rejects 32% of Journalist Requests](https://press.featured.com/media-mention/haro-rejects-32-percent-of-journalist-requests.md) (2026-08-11): HARO (Help a Reporter Out) rejects 32% of journalist requests, nearly 1 in 3, after vetting the journalist and outlet so sources can trust what they see.