Dubai-based site tracks what Journalists do on twitter
Presspass, a new web site founded in Dubai by David Haddad and Valencio Cardoso, aims to help small businesses and citizen journalists solve the riddle of getting their messages out in the media, while bypassing high priced public relations outfits. Al-Monitor’s Ben Gilbert interviews the founders.
Presspass.me is a new website that serves as a directory of journalists and media professionals. The site uses Twitter to track what journalists are sharing and reading, in addition to topics they follow, who gets their attention and who they interact with. It then classifies the journalists by beat, region, and news organization.
Presspass.me was founded in Dubai by David Haddad and Valencio Cardoso who describe themselves as “enthusiasts of participatory communication via technology.”
For now, the site is basically a directory. But it’s attracting a lot of attention, and the developers hope to turn it into something bigger.
David Haddad spoke with Al Monitor over Skype about the site. Here is an edited version of the conversation.
