Writing Route

AI Copy Generator: Write a Press Release Journalists Actually Open

AI generates copy in seconds - but press releases need structure, facts, and a journalist's perspective. Here's how to get both.

10 steps ~1h For content creators Free

An AI copy generator can write a press release in under 2 minutes - but 80% of AI-generated press releases get ignored because they lack a news angle, specific facts, and a journalist-friendly format. At aidowith.me, the press release route adds the structure that makes AI copy usable: 10 steps in about 1 hour. Step 1 defines the news angle. Step 3 generates the headline and lede with AI. Step 5 adds quotes and facts. Step 8 formats for AP style. Step 10 is distribution-ready output. You use ChatGPT or Claude as the AI copy generator - both work with the route's prompts. The result is a 400-600 word release with a real hook, specific data, and quotes ready to send to 20+ journalists. aidowith.me structures each step so the AI output meets professional standards.

Last updated: April 2026

The Problem and the Fix

Without a route

  • 85% of AI-generated press releases are rejected by journalists in the first 10 seconds - wrong format, no news angle, generic quotes
  • Most professionals who use an AI copy generator for press releases spend 2+ hours editing the output into something usable
  • Without a defined news angle, AI generates marketing copy - not news - and no journalist will use marketing copy

With aidowith.me

  • Define your news angle in step 1 so the AI generates a press release, not a product brochure
  • Get journalist-ready output in 10 steps - AP style, 400-600 words, real quotes, specific data
  • Finish a distribution-ready press release in 1 hour using ChatGPT or Claude

Who Builds This With AI

Marketers

Content, campaigns, and briefs done in hours instead of days.

Managers & Leads

Reports, presentations, and team comms handled faster.

Ops & Analysts

Summaries, process docs, and structured output from messy inputs.

How It Works

1

Lock in the news angle before writing

Step 1 uses a 5-question prompt to find the real news story. Without this, the AI generator produces generic announcements that journalists skip.

2

Generate headline, lede, and body

Steps 3-6 run the AI copy generator through each section with format-specific prompts. The route includes a headline test: if it doesn't pass the 'why now?' check, you revise before moving on.

3

Format, fact-check, and finalize

Steps 7-10 cover AP style formatting, quote attribution, boilerplate copy, and the final version. Step 10 outputs a clean document ready to paste into your media list tool.

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What You Walk Away With

Lock in the news angle before writing

Generate headline, lede, and body

Format, fact-check, and finalize

Finish a distribution-ready press release in 1 hour using ChatGPT or Claude

"My last AI press release got picked up by 3 trade outlets. The previous 2 I wrote manually got zero coverage."
- Communications Manager, tech startup

Questions

Yes - with the right process. An AI copy generator produces the structure and language fast; you supply the news angle, specific facts, and real quotes. The aidowith.me press release route is 10 steps that take the AI output from generic to journalist-ready. Most participants finish with a press release they can send without a PR agency review.

The news angle (what changed and why it matters today), 3-5 specific facts or data points, at least 1 attributed quote, your boilerplate company description, and the target audience (which journalists or publications). The aidowith.me route has a step-1 prompt that collects exactly these inputs before running the generator. Without them, the output will read like a product brochure.

ChatGPT and Claude both work well with structured prompts. Claude tends to produce more formal, AP-style prose out of the box. ChatGPT is faster for iterating on headlines and ledes. The aidowith.me press release route works with either - the prompts are tool-agnostic. Both have free tiers that cover the full 10-step route.