# datasets_journalists_search

Search the journalists dataset. Searches the journalists index (dataset id enum value journalists) — public journalist and reporter contact records crawled from news outlets' own staff/author pages, for PR outreach. Each record carries the outlet, title, best-effort beat topics, and any public contact info (a work email or a social handle) found on that outlet's own page. There is no cross-outlet upstream search; this dataset is built by crawling a curated roster of outlets ourselves. vertical enum: tech, crypto, marketing, consumer_tech, consumer_policy, cybersecurity, health, gaming, climate, business, entertainment, sports, legal, science, politics, real_estate, automotive, travel, food, education, design, film_tv, fashion, music, personal_finance, tech_independent, culture_independent, local_news, construction, banking, retail, aerospace_defense, energy, agriculture, local_business. contact_type enum: email, social, none. sort enum: relevance, name_asc, outlet_asc, crawled_desc.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `datasets_journalists_search`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/crawlora-mcp/datasets-journalists-search

## Facts

- Tool: `datasets_journalists_search`
- Server: Crawlora (`crawlora-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/crawlora-mcp.md
- Install: `npx -y crawlora-mcp`
- Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/crawlora-mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 8
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `q` | string | no | Full-text match on the journalist's name, title, and bio, max 256 characters |
| `page` | integer | no | Page number, defaults to 1 |
| `sort` | string | no | Sort enum: relevance, name_asc, outlet_asc, crawled_desc |
| `topic` | string | no | Exact topic filter, e.g. security, stablecoins. Use the values returned by facets?facet=topic |
| `outlet` | string | no | Exact outlet id filter, e.g. techcrunch, coindesk. Use the ids returned by facets?facet=outlet |
| `vertical` | string | no | Exact beat-vertical filter. Enum: tech, crypto, marketing, consumer_tech, consumer_policy, cybersecurity, health, gaming, climate, business, entertainment, spor |
| `page_size` | integer | no | Page size, defaults to 20 and maxes at 100; page * page_size must be <= 10000 |
| `contact_type` | string | no | Contact-availability filter. Enum: email, social, none |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "datasets_journalists_search",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why datasets_journalists_search is rated Low

Even though datasets_journalists_search only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.

## Use case

AI agents call datasets_journalists_search to retrieve information from Crawlora without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Crawlora:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "datasets_journalists_search": {}
  }
}
```

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