News Search
Choose Add journalists → By news search when you need precise control over discovery.
You provide exact keywords, and we run the search via Google News, find matching articles, and extract the journalists who wrote them.
What to type
| Use case | Example query |
|---|---|
| Competitor coverage | Oatly |
| Person-specific coverage | Sam Altman |
| Niche trend + business signal | plant-based protein funding |
| Vertical + region | digital health startup funding UK |
Google Search Operators
Medialyst passes your query directly to Google News, so you can use any standard Google search operators to refine your results:
| Operator | What it does | Example |
|---|---|---|
"exact phrase" | Search for an exact match | "Series B funding" |
site: | Search within a specific publication | site:techcrunch.com |
-word | Exclude a word from results | Tesla -stock -price |
OR | Match either term | startup OR scaleup |
after:YYYY-MM-DD | Only results after this date | after:2025-01-01 |
before:YYYY-MM-DD | Only results before this date | before:2025-06-01 |
Combining operators
You can combine multiple operators in a single query:
"plant-based protein" site:forbes.com OR site:bloomberg.com after:2025-01-01This searches for the exact phrase "plant-based protein" on Forbes or Bloomberg, published after January 1, 2025.
No spaces after operators
Write site:techcrunch.com not site: techcrunch.com. The space breaks the
operator.
Built-in Filters
In addition to search operators, we provide filters you can set:
| Filter | What it does | Typical choice |
|---|---|---|
| Number of articles | Expands or narrows source pool | 30-100 |
| Country | Changes geographic results | US, UK, Canada, etc. |
| Date range | Focuses on recent vs historical coverage | Past week or Past month |
When to use news search
| Use it when... | Why it works |
|---|---|
| You are tracking competitors | Exact names surface who actually covers them |
| You need region-specific lists | Country filter keeps results local |
| You care about recency | Date range focuses on journalists writing now, not years ago |
| You want specific publications | site: operator targets exact outlets |
| You are building repeatable research | Reusing exact queries keeps your lists consistent over time |
Keyword strategy tips
- Start broad, then narrow:
climate tech→climate tech Series B Europe - Test variants: company name, founder name, product category
- Use
site:for known-good publications: If TechCrunch covers your space well, addsite:techcrunch.com - Exclude noise with
-: If "Tesla" brings up too many stock price articles, tryTesla -stock -price - Save winning query patterns for future research
- Pair with AI discovery when you are not sure which terms to use
Next steps
The matching articles and journalists are appended to your current table and recorded as Keyword search in Sources. You can run more searches later or mix in any of the other list-building paths without starting over.