Help a Reporter Out

Jan 9

It’s Time for the Media to Do Something About Its Shameful HelpAReporterOut Problem

HARO itself is the rejection of almost every sacred norm in journalism. It rejects that reporters should do their own research, it embraces the confirmation bias, it injects self-promotion into the informational life-blood of society and it legitimizes pseudo-expertise.

By Ryan Holiday

Oct 2

Approved! How the ‘Quote Approval’ Debate Exposes Media Hypocrisy

Allow me to resolve the the recent debate over “quote approval” with a single word: email. Everyone needs to start

By Ryan Holiday

Jul 26

Everyone’s An Expert On Something…Even If It’s Lying to the Media: HARO vs. Ryan Holiday

“This gentleman made a mockery of journalism, and he did it for no other reason than to sell his books,

By Drew Grant

Apr 24

Peter Shankman on Building a Million-Dollar Business: Use Facebook!

By Gillian Reagan

We noticed you're using an ad blocker.

We get it: you like to have control of your own internet experience.
But advertising revenue helps support our journalism.

To read our full stories, please turn off your ad blocker.
We'd really appreciate it.

How Do I Whitelist Observer?

Below are steps you can take in order to whitelist Observer.com on your browser:

For Adblock:

Click the AdBlock button on your browser and select Don't run on pages on this domain.

For Adblock Plus on Google Chrome:

Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Enabled on this site.

For Adblock Plus on Firefox:

Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Disable on Observer.com.

Then Reload the Page