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How to get featured in MedCity News
How to get featured in MedCity News: how reporters cover health innovation, where tips and releases go, and the strict rules of its MedCity Influencers program.
- Website
- medcitynews.com
- Owner
- Breaking Media
- Lead time
- News: days. Influencer bylines: MedCity rarely sets deadlines and aims to publish in a timely manner once accepted.
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At a glance
Audience. Executives, investors, and innovators in health care, health tech, and life sciences who follow the business of innovation.
- Health tech
- Biopharma
- Providers and health systems
- Payers
- Medical devices
- Digital health and AI
- Funding and deals
- Staff reporting
- A small team of reporters covers biopharma, providers, health tech, and payers, with news, analysis, and live programming at MedCity conferences.
- Contributed articles
- The MedCity Influencers program publishes outside bylines under detailed guidelines. Authors sign a contract and MedCity retains exclusive rights. Promotional content is routed to a separate sponsored option.
- Opinion and op-eds
- MedCity Influencers is the opinion and thought leadership route. The current guidelines favor payer and provider authors; vendors may write only on topics not tied to their own product.
- Press releases
- The contact page lists one address for general inquiries, press releases, and news tips.
Pitching MedCity News, step by step
Read the reporter bios on the contact page and find the one who covers your area: biopharma, providers, health tech, or payers.
Send news tips and press releases to the address listed on the contact page, or to the relevant reporter.
For a byline, download and follow the current MedCity Influencers guidelines closely.
Email your abstract as the guidelines specify, with the exact subject line the program page requires.
Write the piece yourself. MedCity runs submissions through AI detection and will not publish AI-written or AI-edited text.
Do not promote your company, products, or people in an Influencer piece, and sign the standard contract without edits.
How MedCity News decides what to cover
MedCity News, a Breaking Media company, covers the business of innovation in health care and life sciences. Its reporters work beats that include biopharma, providers and health care technology, and payers, and the editorial team also programs MedCity’s conferences. News on funding, product launches with clinical or commercial traction, partnerships, and policy shifts all fit.
The lens is business. A health tech story needs a reason executives and investors should care: adoption, outcomes, revenue, or a meaningful deal.
How to pitch MedCity News
The contact page lists a single address for general inquiries, press releases, and news tips, along with reporter bios that describe each person’s beat. The editor-in-chief’s bio notes that she welcomes tips from readers. Pitch the reporter whose beat matches, or send to the general address.
Lead with what is new and why it matters commercially or clinically. Funding news should include the amount, lead investors, and what the money is for. Product news is stronger with a named customer or outcome data.
Contributed articles and op-eds
MedCity Influencers is the formal byline program, and its guidelines are among the strictest in the trade press. Contributors email an abstract with their name, title, and company, using the exact subject line the program page specifies, with nothing added. The 2026 guidelines shift the focus toward payer and provider authors. Vendors can submit only thought leadership on topics not tied to their own product or service.
Content must be original and not appear on any external blog. Pieces cannot promote the author’s company, products, or people, and case studies are not accepted. Every submission is run through AI detection, and MedCity says it will not publish pieces written or even proofread with AI. Authors sign a contract giving MedCity and Breaking Media exclusive rights, and requests to change the contract are not accepted. Promotional content is directed to a separate sponsored option.
Frequently asked questions
Does MedCity News accept guest posts?
Yes, through MedCity Influencers. Follow the downloadable guidelines closely, including the required email subject line and the ban on AI use.
Can vendors write for MedCity Influencers?
Yes, but only thought leadership on topics not tied to their own product or service. Promotional content is routed to a paid sponsored option instead.
Where do I send a press release to MedCity News?
To the general inquiries, press releases, and news tips address listed on the contact page, or to the reporter on your beat.
Bylines in MedCity reward genuine expertise written in the author’s own voice. Helping executives develop that kind of perspective, without turning it into promotion, is how a PR-led agency approaches media relations and thought leadership in health care.
Mistakes that get pitches ignored
- Using AI to write or even proofread a byline. MedCity says it will detect it and not publish.
- Promoting your own product, customers, or people in an Influencer piece.
- Submitting content that already appears on your own blog without heavy revision.
- Asking to change the contributor contract. MedCity says it will not accept changes.
- Adding anything to the required email subject line.
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