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Should I use Get Featured (Substack by Rosie Taylor)?

Your friendly and informative guide to getting your stories in UK national media - by award-winning journalist Rosie Taylor. - rosietaylor.substack.com

Worth it. Buy if you pitch UK national media and want a working journalist's inside view for £5 a month. Skip it if you are outside the UK or want software, media lists, or guaranteed coverage.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~9 relevant public sources; unrelated search results (Taylor Swift TikTok, security breach articles) excluded.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNot disclosed
  • Feature depthNot disclosed
  • Support qualityNot disclosed
  • Security postureNot disclosed

Pricing

£5/month

Monthly membership

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Annual subscription~£50/year

Best for

  • UK founders seeking national press
  • Small PR teams pitching UK media
  • Freelance journalists sharpening pitches
  • Experts building a media profile

Not for

  • Anyone pitching US or non-UK media — advice is UK-specific
  • Teams wanting outreach software or journalist databases
  • Enterprise comms teams needing agency-grade services
  • Anyone expecting guaranteed media coverage

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Pitching environment is rough right now — author herself reports unexpected editor 'no's and slow replies

low

Guess: Substack memberships auto-renew; calendar the annual renewal date

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Written by award-winning journalist with 10+ years pitching experience
  • £5/month; annual plan gives two months free
  • Endorsed by fellow journalists and PR professionals
  • Treated as an expert source by PR industry outlets

Cons

  • UK national media focus only — limited use elsewhere
  • Advice newsletter, not a media database or outreach tool
  • Author reports editors slow to reply; pitching market harder

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/27/2026 - 9 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x4review x2news x3

Key stats

  • Value for money: 4/5

    Rating

  • £5/month

    Starting price

  • 9

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 4/5. £5/month is cheap for journalist-level pitching guidance
  • £5/month Starting price Annual plan gives 2 months free
  • Thousands Subscribers Per Substack publication page
  • 10+ years Author experience Award-winning UK freelance journalist

Pricing

Monthly membership

£5/month

  • Full newsletter access
  • UK media pitching guidance

Annual subscription

~£50/year

  • Two months free vs monthly

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Journalists and PR pros publicly praise it as a worthwhile resource for improving pitches.

“Well worth subscribing to the Get Featured substack if you want to improve your pitches as a journalist or PR”
Leah Milner, X/Twitter
“author of the excellent Get Featured Substack”
Harriet Meyer, LinkedIn article
“has a great Substack called Get Featured”
BuzzStream webinar
Full analysis

Based on ~9 relevant public sources; unrelated search results (Taylor Swift TikTok, security breach articles) excluded.

£5/month insider newsletter on pitching UK media; great value for UK pitch-makers, no use for anyone else.

Methodology

Based on ~9 relevant public sources; unrelated search results (Taylor Swift TikTok, security breach articles) excluded.

Sources

  1. Get Featured — Substack homepagerosietaylor.substack.com
    official
  2. New to Get Featured? Start hererosietaylor.substack.com
    official
  3. About — Get Featuredrosietaylor.substack.com
    official
  4. No, it's not just you... (pricing + market conditions)rosietaylor.substack.com
    official
  5. Leah Milner endorsement on Xx.com
    review
  6. Harriet Meyer LinkedIn article citing Get Featuredlinkedin.com
    review
  7. BuzzStream podcast: Pitching Journalists with Rosie Taylorbuzzstream.com
    news
  8. BuzzStream: Best time to pitch journalists studybuzzstream.com
    news
  9. BuzzStream hyper-relevance webinarbuzzstream.com
    news

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