Hey HN, I built JournalistDB (journalistdb.com) to solve a problem I kept running into: finding the right journalist to pitch a story to is surprisingly hard.

PR folks, founders doing their own outreach, and researchers all need to find journalists by beat, publication, or location.

Existing tools are either expensive, outdated, or built for enterprise teams with bloated feature sets.

JournalistDB is a searchable database that lets you:

Find journalists by topic, outlet, or geography See what they've been covering recently Get contact info so you can actually reach them

It's free to get started. I'd love feedback on the search quality, data freshness, and anything that feels broken or missing.