The story is a PR thing. The collaboration is a business development thing. Keep them separate. Right now, focus on the story. in 1 month (after the story), go

The story is a PR thing. The collaboration is a business development thing. Keep them separate. Right now, focus on the story. in 1 month (after the story), go to a decision maker and give him your proposition. Mention that you were covered by them recently. Include the article if appropriate. The reporter is probably not the person you want to talk to about partnering with the paper. After the article is published, you might want to contact her and let her know how much you liked the article. Use the conversation to get the information on who you should contact about your collaboration idea. Also, what is the collaboration idea? Do you mean selling your services, or giving them away for free to the paper as a way of increasing your userbase?