Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. TechForReporters lets techies help journalists make fewer mistakes launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   TechForReporters▲136

   Reporters and technologists helping each other

   2017 · techforreporters.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Transcribe▲115

   A great audio to text tool for journalists

   2014 · transcribe.wreally.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   PressFriendly▲98

   The better way to do PR.

   2014 · pressfriendly.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Represent▲144

   A better way to résumé

   2014 · represent.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Contributoria▲76

   Community funded, collaborative journalism

   2014 · idcard.eauedoyo.edu.ng · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hearken▲14

   Helping journalists report original and relevant content

   2015 · wearehearken.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Pipeline▲62

   Send journalists the perfect product pitch.

   2014 · gopipeline.co · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Cont3nt▲82

   Connecting citizen journalists and media companies

   2014 · cont3nt.com · its alternatives →

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   Mention▲22

   Media monitoring made simple

   2015 · mention.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Colombio▲10

    Citizens reporting to journalists

    2015 · knowseafood.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Know Your Audience Podcast - 8: Tech In The Newsroom▲61

    Kai Teoh: Developer at Journal News

    2016 · getkya.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Tools for Reporters▲72

    A newsletter with awesome tools for storytellers

    2014 · toolsforreporters.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    ReadThisThing▲81

    One fantastic piece of journalism delivered via newsletter

    2015 · readthisthing.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Deepr▲83

    Crowdfunding platform for independent journalism

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    I built a tech news aggregator that works the way my brain does▲188

    An honest to god, non-algorithmic reverse chrono list of tech news that passes my signal-to-noise tests, updated hourly. A lightweight a page design as I've been able to keep; simple, clean, fast. No commercial features or aspirations - this is a passion project, something I've been fooling around with on and off for decades. There's a "Top" view too with an LLM edited front page & summary, and categorized views for a large number of topics - see the Directory. A few more buried features to explore, but the fundamental use case is pop in, scan, exit - fast and concise. Your feedback would be…

    2025 · deadstack.net · its alternatives →

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    Lesschurn▲161

    Increase revenue by reducing churn and getting feedback

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    News Genius▲66

    Make sense of the news

    2014 · genius.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Headlines▲109

    Helping teams stay connected as they grow

    2015 · perivia.com · its alternatives →

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    Reportedly▲83

    Native journalism for social media by those communities

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Muckrack▲147

    Easily find & build relationships with journalists.

    2014 · muckrack.com · its alternatives →

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    Contactable▲225

    Find journalists that want to write about you

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Pay Per Clip▲81

    Public Relations Performance. Guaranteed.

    2015 · payperclip.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Talentyze▲74

    Workplace peer reviews made less painful

    2014 · talentyze.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Wiser▲126

    Share relevant content w/in your organization.

    2014 · getwiser.com · its alternatives →

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