Side-project PR tip: test a claim people are already arguing about
jamesbrooksco · x · 2026-10-20
Brooks explains the pitch angle: don't make something up — test a claim people are already arguing about. 'GAIL's opens → prices rise' was all over property X and nobody had checked it. That gap is the story; journalists love 'we actually ran the numbers.'
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