I'm happy to announce the launch of StartShout (http://startshout.com) today - a new way to find sources of coverage for your news about events, startup launches, new features, or other announcements. StartShout is both a directory of content publishers and a pitch writing service.
I made StartShout because I want to help hackers get their projects noticed, but I think it could be useful for marketers or anyone else involved with technology as well. I'm actually not a hacker myself, but I am an avid reader of technology news. I don't know how to program and this is one of the first websites I've ever fully built form scratch. I originally designed StartShout with the intention of making it a targeted newswire service for blogs. After only a lukewarm reception I decided to pivot and it evolved to the current form.
If English is your second language or if you'd just rather have someone else write a pitch or press release for you, I'm happy to offer paid copywriting. If you don't like what I prepare for you, tell me and I'll fix it or give you a 100% refund. I think I'm offering this at a competitive rate since most major online writing services charge over $300 for writing a press release.
If anyone has any suggestions for further additions to StartShout I'd love to hear them. I'm sure that there are other areas out there that I've missed so feel free to email me. I'm going to focus on improving and expanding the directory in the coming days. I hope that StartShout can serve as a useful resource and at least help curtail some of the "How can I find coverage?" questions on HN :)