How Disclose helps you sort stories from spam

A lot of pitches suck: this isn’t news. It’s so prolific that receiving bad pitches, or receiving pitches badly, is just another part of our jobs. If nothing else, it gives us endless, cathartic Twitter fodder to take the edge off the whole painful process.

Bad things happen to good pitches

If the flagellation doesn’t completely do it for you, we’re presenting a solution: let Disclose help you sort the stories from the spam.

These are some of the problems Disclose is built to solve (no shortage of material by the way - thanks pals):

Get pitched by people who know who the heck you are

Sources have to know who you are to pitch you, and you can opt to receive pitches only from people that follow you on Twitter. We’ll let you do the math on how much that might narrow your pool of pitches, but put it this way: we’re no longer drowning in ours. And the water tastes a lot better.

Say bye-bye to irrelevant pitches

Disclose’s pitch preferences let you filter information by what you want to receive - don’t get pitched by anyone who doesn’t know you or your beat. You won’t miss out on a great story because you didn’t see it among all the guff in your inbox - every pitch will be targeted and relevant to you.

No more annoying follow-ups

Perhaps the no.1 pain point for journalists everywhere. When you react to a pitch on Disclose - “swipe left” / reject, “swipe right” / accept - your source will be sent a notification letting them know whether or not you’re interested in their pitch. And you can set your preferences to mute follow-ups from the same source.

Get pitched the facts, not the crap

We’ve whittled pitches down to 100-character elevator pitch (that’s right) replacing indiscriminate PDFs with a more visual interface for news - the result is that you get what you need to know at a glance, and can request a closer look if you’re interested. We’re also building in media and data-visualisation to illustrate the value of a story, saving you the trouble of trawling through a PDF for the good parts.

Friction-schmiction

We’ve eliminated the friction that happens between getting the pitch and turning it into a story. You can start a chat with your source and get everything you need on the spot without ever having to leave the pitch.

Get pitches when you want them

Bad time to get pitched? Hit ‘pause’ so they come through later - we’ll notify the sender you’re not accepting pitches right now #kthxbai

Don’t get pitch-cheated on

Is it an exclusive? …Is it really though? Let us take the guesswork out - as a dedicated pitch portal, Disclose will be able to reveal insights including how many people have actually viewed the same pitch you’ve been sent.