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Media List · The media contact database Get your story in front of the journalists, podcast hosts, YouTubers, influencers, newsletter writers and TV producers who cover it.

Become the expert journalists call and influencers want to feature. Earn the credibility that turns strangers into loyal customers.

  • Unlimited searches
  • 1.5M media contacts
  • AI-powered search
Used by teams at
  • Nestlé
  • Unilever
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Puma
  • Marriott International
  • Siemens
  • Mondelēz International
  • Toyota
  • Caterpillar
  • Samsonite
  • Crocs
  • Hyatt
  • Patagonia
  • Domino's
  • Baskin-Robbins
  • RE/MAX
  • Cigna
  • Northwestern University
  • Arizona State University
  • Purdue University
Video transcript

Sent a pitch and heard nothing back? Give me sixty seconds. Most of the time, the pitch was fine. It just went to the wrong inbox. Whether you are pitching a client or your own business, Media List puts about one and a half million journalists, podcast hosts and creators in one search. Pick a topic and a country, and there are the reporters who actually cover it, at The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Fortune and many more. Need more reach? Switch to podcasts or YouTube, with the audience size next to every name. Save the right people to a list, and pitch them from your own inbox, with follow ups. Because better pitches start with better lists. Try Media List free for three days. Nothing to pay today, and plans start at ninety nine dollars a month. You can start right here on this page. Media List. Get your story in front of the right people.

Journalists, editors and producers at
1.5 Million+ media contacts, each with an email
Unlimited searches on every plan
Verified filter to emails that passed a live check
$99/mo to start, cancel anytime
Why pitches get ignored

Most pitches never reach the right person.

01

Guessed emails bounce

Hunting for addresses one outlet at a time takes hours, and a guessed name@outlet.com often never arrives.

02

Wrong desk, no reply

A food writer won't cover your software launch. Pitches go unanswered when they land with someone who doesn't cover your topic.

03

A year up front

Big media databases want a demo, a quote and a 12-month contract before you see a single contact.

Media List fixes all three: the right person, an email that works, and a monthly plan you can cancel.

How it works

Your pitch list, today.

Filter 1.5 million+ contacts by beat, outlet, job title and location.

Open anyone to see their outlet, beat, location and whether the email is verified. Unlock the email in one click.

Keep a list for each story and export name, title, outlet and email as a CSV.

Write one pitch with follow ups and send it from your own inbox. If an email bounces, we replace it at no cost.

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Coverage check

Is your industry covered?

Type an industry, topic or place, or tap one below. You'll see how many contacts match before you pay anything.

Customer stories

PR teams build sharper lists with Media List.

From global consumer brands to universities, teams use it to find the reporters who actually cover their story.

We handle everything from consumer tech to sustainable apparel, so our media outreach needs shift dramatically between campaigns. Media List’s AI search lets us describe the exact niche we’re targeting and instantly pulls relevant journalists, which saves us from digging through static spreadsheets.
VP of Client Experience
Finding writers who genuinely care about the story is always the hardest part. Prompting Media List with our target audience gives us a tight, focused starting point.
Director of Brand Communications
I used to waste half my week toggling between online publications and contact databases. Having all that research unified in one place streamlines our workflow. On top of that, whenever we hit a tricky niche, their hands-on research team builds out custom lists for us. I still review every name, but the upfront heavy lifting is taken care of.
Senior Earned Media Strategist
A sports endorsement, a shoe drop, and an executive story all require different contacts. Media List lets us get specific about coverage intent instead of relying on a generic sports list.
Head of Corporate Communications
I tried Media List’s AI search and MCP integration to solve our biggest bottleneck when launching boutique hotels, which was finding writers who cover destination travel in specific markets. Plugging Media List directly into our AI workflows via MCP allows us to surface relevant regional journalists in seconds, compared to manually upkeeping a media list.
Senior Communications Manager
Our products are deep tech, so general business reporters rarely fit the brief. Filtering down to niche beats like edge computing or industrial automation makes our initial research far more relevant.
Marketing Director
Some campaigns center on plant-based food trends while others are broader lifestyle pieces. The contact list is never identical, but Media List makes it easy to switch between verticals without starting from scratch.
Publicist
Automotive journalism is highly specialized. Some reporters focus strictly on EV infrastructure, while others cover supply chain logistics or consumer vehicle reviews. Searching directly around those specific focus areas gives us a huge advantage when tailoring our pitch angles to different journalists.
Global Corporate Affairs Manager
We don't need a huge contact database. We just need writers who understand commercial heavy equipment and construction. Media List helps us zero in on trade publications so we don't waste time filtering out unrelated consumer contacts.
Communications Director
Travel and lifestyle coverage overlap, but the angles reporters care about are different. Adjusting search filters based on the campaign narrative saves us from manually rebuilding lists.
Brand Marketing Manager
I don't need hundreds of fashion editors. I just need fifteen who are actively writing about sustainable textiles. Media List uses smart AI search to scan recent coverage and match us with reporters who actually have an appetite for our pitch.
PR & Influencer Manager
A regional store opening requires a completely different approach than a national trend story. Media List helps us segment those audiences easily.
Growth Marketing Director
When pitching conservation initiatives or outdoor gear, relevance matters much more than contact volume. Media List enables us to locate reporters who routinely cover environmental policy and outdoor recreation, rather than blasting a broad lifestyle distribution list.
Communications Lead
Executing local media strategy across multiple media markets takes an immense amount of manual effort. Media List makes identifying local beat reporters effortless, cutting down on hours of tedious, market-by-market research.
Field Marketing Specialist
Depending on the announcement, we might need food critics, local metro reporters, or national hospitality trend writers. Having one centralized platform with an incredible research team on standby when we need custom list curation makes campaign planning significantly smoother.
Media Relations Specialist
Real estate reporting is hyper-local. A journalist covering commercial developments in Austin has zero interest in residential trends in Denver, so being able to search geographically keeps our outreach accurate.
Director of Public Affairs
Healthcare coverage spans everything from health-tech policy to employee benefits and clinical trials. You have to know a reporter's exact sub-beat. Media List makes it simple to map out those nuances before we assemble our final pitch list.
Senior Communications Consultant
Our stories range from research breakthroughs to student initiatives, and each needs a tailored audience. Media List gives us a reliable jumping-off point to find reporters covering specific academic fields.
Director of News & Media Relations
One day I am pitching a complex science discovery, and the next it might be an ed-tech partnership or a business expansion. Media List’s AI feature lets me describe the story in plain English and instantly brings up the exact reporters covering that specific crossover topic.
Public Relations Account Executive
Media List keeps my pitches out of the spam folder when I'm sharing new research, because relevance is everything. It handles that initial research grind for me so I can spend less time hunting down email addresses and more time actually polishing the pitch.
Research Communications Manager
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The offer

Everything you need to pitch this week, for $99.

  • The full database: 1.5 million+ media contacts across newspapers, TV, radio, podcasts, YouTube, blogs and newsletters
  • 2,500 contact exports every month, about 575 new journalists a week
  • Name, title, outlet and email for every contact
  • Unlimited searches and unlimited saved lists
  • CSV downloads of every export
  • Free re-downloads of anything you've already exported
  • Bounce guarantee: any exported email that bounces is replaced at no cost
  • 3-day free trial with 25 exports. $0 today
Typical annual-contract database$5,000–$15,000/yr
Media List Basic$99/mo
Monthly. No contract. No sales call.
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Need seats for a team? Professional is $399/mo with up to 3 seats, 10,000 exports and email campaigns. Agencies pick Scale. Compare plans →

Typical cost based on published pricing guides from large media-database vendors, 2026. "Up to 93%" compares Basic billed yearly ($990) with $15,000.

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Monthly plans with no annual contract. Cancel from your billing page in a click.

Bounce guarantee

If an email you exported ever bounces, we replace it at no cost.

Questions, answered

What is a media list?

A media list is a list of the journalists, editors, producers and creators who cover your topic, with their emails, so you pitch the right people. Media List lets you build one in minutes from 1.5 million+ media contacts.

Is Media List a journalist database?

Yes. It is a journalist and media contact database with names, titles, outlets and emails, and every email shows its verification status before you export. Searches are unlimited on every plan.

Why not just find the emails myself?

You can, but it takes hours per outlet and guessed addresses often bounce. Media List gives you the name, title, outlet and email in one export, and replaces any email that bounces.

How accurate is the data?

If an email you exported bounces, send it to support@medialist.com and we replace it at no cost.

Who is in the database?

1.5 million+ media contacts: journalists, editors and producers at newspapers, TV and radio, plus podcast hosts, YouTubers, bloggers and newsletter writers. Use the coverage check above to see your industry.

Can I see the data before I pay?

Yes. The contacts on this page are real rows from the database, and the coverage check shows how many match your topic. Every plan starts with a 3-day free trial.

How does the 3-day trial work?

Pay by card or PayPal and you're charged $0 today. For 3 days you can search everything and export up to 25 contacts. Cancel before the trial ends and you pay nothing; otherwise your plan starts on day 3. One trial per account.

Is there a contract?

No. Plans are monthly (or yearly with 2 months free) and you can cancel anytime from your billing page.

Can someone do the outreach for me?

Yes. Concierge is done for you. We build the list, write the pitch and handle replies, from $2,500 a month.

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