Thread by @heydomenica

Here's how to access an article that has a paywall 🚫📰

#digitalpr #prtips #prtwitter

disclaimer: I do pay for my personal news.

But when working in digital PR, it would get very expensive 💸 very fast to pay for every website subscription, especially when all you want to do is check a link or a single story.

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Tip #1: Use the Reader Mode extension for Google Chrome.

It doesn't work on every site, but it does work on many.
chrome.google.com/webstore/detai…

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Tip #2: When you load the page, hit the X at the top of the toolbar as soon as it loads and before the paywall pops up.

This works a fair amount more than you would expect it to.

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Tip #3: View source. If all you're doing is checking for a link, you can view the source and command+f for the domain name.

And if you're really desperate, you can also read the full article this way.

example: there is no link to Pepsi but you can see all the brand mentions

Tip #4: Lots of sites with paywalls give you a few articles a month for free. When you've used your limit, switch browsers or go incognito.👻

So, if you normally work in Chrome, switch over to Safari and you should be able to access the article.

another actually ✨groundbreaking tip courtesy of @choady:

Type in the URL to outline, and boom:

outline.com