HARO (Help a Reporter Out), the journalist request platform owned by Featured.com, will host its second HARO Happy Hour on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2026, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. MST at Industrious in Scottsdale Fashion Square, 7014 E Camelback Rd Suite B100A, Scottsdale, Arizona. The event is free to attend with an RSVP, and drinks are provided by HARO. The first HARO Happy Hour, held at the same venue on April 16, 2026, drew 60 attendees, filling the room and prompting the company to schedule a second gathering before the end of the year.
HARO Happy Hour is designed for the people on both sides of a HARO query: the journalists who post requests and the PR professionals, founders, and experts who answer them. The event has no program or agenda, allowing attendees to network and have conversations with PR, communications, and media professionals from across Arizona. Optional short breakouts will cover how HARO works and what the HARO team is building next. Brett Farmiloe, founder and CEO of Featured.com, said, “Our first HARO Happy Hour showed us how much the people who use HARO want to meet each other in person. Journalists and the sources who answer them work together every day through HARO queries, and this is a chance to put faces to names.”
The event is open to anyone who has used HARO, pitched through HARO, responded to a HARO query, or wondered how the platform operates, including PR and communications professionals, journalists and media creators, founders, marketers, and operators. Attendees can RSVP at https://luma.com/glcd3i3y. Every guest will leave with a HARO Gift Bag, and brands can apply to include a physical product at no fee. Brands must supply the product and cover shipping to Scottsdale. Products are selected based on fit for a PR and media audience, with a minimum of 35 units and 70 or more preferred. Selected brands will be named with a link in the HARO Happy Hour recap article and mentioned in the recap post on LinkedIn, and each may include a branded gift tag or sticker. Products must arrive by Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, and full requirements are available at https://blog.helpareporter.com/haro-happy-hour-in-scottsdale-on-nov-19-rsvp-and-haro-gift-bag-details/.
The event highlights the continued revival of HARO, which was founded in 2008, shut down by its previous owner in December 2024, and relaunched by Featured in April 2025. HARO delivers journalist requests to subscribers in three weekday editions and sent more than 100 million emails in the past year. The newsletter is free for journalists and sources and is supported by advertising. Featured, the AI co-pilot for PR, also operates Connectively as a standalone product. The happy hour serves as a physical extension of that mission, connecting the community that relies on HARO daily.
