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How to get featured in Axios
How to get featured in Axios: how its newsletters, Axios Pro, and Axios Local work, how to pitch a scoop in a few lines, and why there is no op-ed route.
- Website
- axios.com
- Lead time
- Scoops and deal news: same day to a few days, often embargoed. Newsletter items move fast; features are rare.
- Last verified
At a glance
Audience. Decision-makers in business, politics, tech, and media, plus local readers in Axios Local cities.
- Politics and policy
- Business and markets
- Technology and AI
- Media
- Health
- Deals and venture (Axios Pro)
- Local news in Axios Local cities
- Staff reporting
- Reporters write short, structured stories and run topic newsletters; Axios Pro covers deals by sector and Axios Local covers individual cities.
- Contributed articles
- Axios does not run a contributed article or guest byline program.
- Opinion and op-eds
- Axios does not publish outside op-eds; its format is reported news and analysis by staff.
- Press releases
- Releases are not republished. Deal and funding news may be picked up by Axios Pro or newsletter reporters when pitched well and early.
Pitching Axios, step by step
Pick the newsletter or Axios Pro vertical that matches your news, then find the reporter who writes it.
Write the pitch the way Axios writes: one-line news, why it matters, and the key numbers.
Offer funding and deal news early, often as an exclusive, to the relevant Axios Pro or newsletter reporter.
For local news, pitch the Axios Local team in your city rather than national reporters.
Read recent issues first so the pitch matches what that reporter actually covers.
How Axios decides what to cover
Axios is built around short, structured stories and a large portfolio of newsletters. National reporters cover politics, business, tech, media, health, and more. Axios Pro runs subscription newsletters on deals in specific sectors. Axios Local publishes city newsletters with their own reporters. The house style (“why it matters,” key numbers, what’s next) shapes what gets covered: news that can be explained crisply and that matters to decision-makers.
Because many reporters own a specific newsletter, the question is not “how do I get into Axios” but “which Axios newsletter is this for.”
How to pitch Axios
Read the newsletter you are targeting before you pitch. An Axios Local reporter speaking on a founder panel noted that many pitches she receives, such as board appointments, do not fit her coverage at all, and that knowing the reporter makes the right fit obvious. Write the pitch in an Axios shape: the news in one line, why it matters in one more, and the numbers.
Funding rounds, acquisitions, and other deal news are a natural fit for Axios Pro and the business newsletters, and timing matters. Reporters value getting news first, so offer an early look or exclusive with a clear embargo. For anything city-specific, pitch the Axios Local team in that market. Use the contact page for general newsroom routing rather than mass-emailing staff.
Contributed articles and op-eds
Axios does not publish outside op-eds or contributed articles. Executives appear in Axios as sources, interview subjects, and event speakers. If thought leadership is the goal, the practical route is a quotable point of view offered to a reporter on a relevant story, or participation in Axios events.
Frequently asked questions
Can you pay to be featured in Axios?
Not in editorial coverage. Axios sells newsletter sponsorships and event partnerships, which are labeled and separate from the newsroom.
Does Axios accept guest posts?
No. Axios publishes staff reporting only.
Who should I pitch at Axios?
The reporter who writes the newsletter or Axios Pro vertical that covers your news, or the Axios Local team in your city.
A PR-led agency approaches Axios by matching news to the right newsletter, writing the pitch in its format, and timing exclusives carefully. See how we run media relations.
Mistakes that get pitches ignored
- Long pitches; Axios reporters work in short, scannable formats.
- Pitching board appointments or minor hires to reporters who do not cover them.
- Sending funding news after it is already public elsewhere.
- Asking to submit an op-ed.
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Sources for this profile (2)
- Harvard Innovation Labs: Tips for founders on engaging with reporters (Axios panelist)
- IEDC: How to pitch a newsroom with Axios
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