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AuthorAuthor: Adnan Ali

What should stay human (No Tedi & No Tools)

These are the parts where human judgment still matters a lot.

1. Final campaign strategy choice

Tedi can suggest angles, but a human should decide:
  • which angle is best for the client
  • which angle matches the brand and business goals
  • whether the idea is actually strong enough for media
Tedi can suggest. Humans should choose.

2. Final approval of media targets

Tedi can rank outlets, but a PR person should confirm:
  • is this truly the right medium?
  • is this outlet too low quality?
  • is this outlet too commercial?
  • is this the right audience?
  • is this outlet suitable for the client brand?
This is partly business judgment, not just relevance matching.

3. Final approval of the contact person

This is the most important human checkpoint. The system & Tedi can suggest a journalist/editor, but a human should confirm:
  • is this really the correct person?
  • is the contact appropriate for this topic?
  • is the person too senior / too junior?
  • is there a better relationship-based contact already known?

4. Relationship-sensitive decisions

Humans should handle:
  • “we already contacted this person recently”
  • “this journalist hates generic pitches”
  • “we have a good relationship with this editor”
  • “do not contact this person again”
  • “use LinkedIn instead of email here”

5. Final approval of the outreach message

Tedi can draft very strong emails, but a human should approve:
  • tone
  • overclaiming
  • risky wording
  • factual correctness
  • whether it sounds too generic
  • whether it fits the client brand

6. Anything reputationally risky

Humans should decide when:
  • topic is controversial
  • data claims are sensitive
  • the client is in legal/medical/financial fields
  • the message could damage brand trust
  • the journalist fit is uncertain

7. Final send

You already said media contact should stay outside the tool. I agree. At least for a long time, final sending should stay human-controlled.

What is “automate with human approval”

Good examples

Tedi does the work, the employee just approves or edits:
  • topic shortlist
  • media shortlist
  • contact shortlist
  • CRM creation suggestion (Productive could be integrated if necessary)
  • draft email
  • LinkedIn draft
  • tag/list assignment
This is where you get the biggest efficiency gains without losing control.

Fully automated

Tedi will do the following steps without human review:
  • client site deep analysis & understanding
  • summarize client
  • classify project type
  • generate topic options
  • generate study options
  • find media candidates
  • collect article examples
  • find author pages
  • prepare contact candidates
  • search for matches
  • deduplicate (similar to Prowly)
  • generate pitch drafts
  • generate notes and evidence
  • export review package

Human approval required

  • choose final campaign angle
  • choose final media list
  • choose final contact
  • approve CRM creation if low confidence
  • approve outreach copy
  • approve any risky claims
  • approve final send

Human only

  • relationship management
  • strategic exceptions
  • escalation decisions
  • final contact/send
  • handling unusual or sensitive campaigns

Final Tedi pipeline Model

Tedi does:

research, structuring, ranking, enrichment, drafting

Evergreen Media Digital PR Team does:

selection, approval, relationship judgment, final sending

Summary

Digital PR work can be automated heavily with Tedi, but not all parts should be. The sweet spot is: 90% machine-tedi-driven preparation, 10% human judgment at critical checkpoints That gives you:
  • huge time savings
  • better consistency
  • fewer manual steps
  • but still quality control where it matters most