# Source of Sources: new features and launches

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/source-of-sources/
Covers: April 2024 to May 8, 2024
Updated: 2026-10-28
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "Source of Sources: new features and launches", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/source-of-sources/, updated 2026-10-28

> We confirmed 3 product launches from Source of Sources since April 2024. The latest, Muck Rack partners with Source of Sources, was announced May 8, 2024. We also record 1 new company.

Source of Sources is an email digest that sends journalist queries to sources up to three times a day. Reporters submit their queries through a form, and each query carries the journalist's Muck Rack profile. The product has no search, pitching or measurement tools.

## Facts

- Site: [sourceofsources.com](https://sourceofsources.com/)
- Founded: 2024
- Category: Journalist requests and relationships
- Status: Active
- Price: free ("this list doesn't cost a dime"); Shankman suggests donating to animal charities instead.

## Every dated launch, newest first

### Muck Rack partners with Source of Sources

Announced May 8, 2024.

Muck Rack partnered with HERO (later renamed Source of Sources/SOS): Muck Rack journalist profiles appear in the daily emails and verified-journalist queries are prioritized.

Source: [Muck Rack Blog: We're partnering with SOS](https://muckrack.com/blog/2024/05/08/partnership-with-hero).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/source-of-sources/#launch-E197

### Muck Rack journalist profiles integrated into HERO daily query emails

Available May 8, 2024.

Each query carries a Muck Rack profile so sources can check the journalist.

Features: [Journalist requests](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-journalist-requests).

Source: [Muck Rack blog (partnership announcement)](https://capitolcommunicator.com/muck-rack-teams-up-with-help-every-reporter-out-to-connect-journalists-and-pr-pros/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/source-of-sources/#launch-N302

### Peter Shankman launches HERO

Announced April 19, 2024.

Peter Shankman launched HERO (Help Every Reporter Out), a free platform reconnecting journalists and sources, gaining 10,000+ signups within hours.

Source: [CommPRO: Peter Shankman Launches HERO](https://www.commpro.biz/news/peter-shankman-launches-hero-to-reinvent-the-journalists-and-sources-connection).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/source-of-sources/#launch-E191

### Peter Shankman launches HERO (later Source of Sources) journalist-query emails

Available April 2024.

Peter Shankman started a free email of journalist source requests after Cision shut HARO; it was renamed Source of Sources.

Features: [Journalist requests](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-journalist-requests).

Source: [CommPRO (published 2024-04-19)](https://www.prdaily.com/what-happened-to-haro/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/source-of-sources/#launch-N301

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology