I've been cold-shilling alerty to journalists at 9to5mac, macrumors, appleinsider, etc to no avail. 

Any pro tips around cold outreach and getting published?

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They are humans like the rest of us. Human interaction goes a long way. 

1. Make sure you follow anyone you are pitching or planning to pitch (across platforms). They often look at new followers just like the everyone else.

2. Interact and thoughtfully engage with their posts like you would with someone here on FC.

3. In the comments of their posts, share a resource or tidbit they may find helpful. 

4. Keep your pitch really short, explain how it relates to their beat, explain why now. 

5. Look for moments to newsjack into pitches around  their  relevant stories for the why now.