Human Interest. Look at what you put out from the perspective: Would this be part of the human interest category in a newspaper? If not, then you're unlikely to

Human Interest. Look at what you put out from the perspective: Would this be part of the human interest category in a newspaper? If not, then you're unlikely to get covered unless you know someone. Furthermore, who are you? You have to be someone newspaperable, for example: "The guy who made a robot that sang songs" "A 16 year old boy" "A guy who traded a paperclip up" There are so many standard developers, you need to make a press friendly definition of yourself. Then email interns who are always looking for a story. Locate them on linkedin.