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How to get featured in PR Daily

How to get featured in PR Daily: what Ragan's editors cover, how its Submit News route works for stories and blog posts, and what falls outside its focus.

Website
prdaily.com
Owner
Ragan Communications
Lead time
News: days. Contributed and how-to pieces: typically one to several weeks, depending on editorial schedule.
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At a glance

Audience. Public relations, corporate communications, and marketing practitioners looking for practical how-to advice and industry news.

  • Public relations
  • Media relations
  • Social media
  • Writing and editing
  • Crisis communications
  • Marketing communications
Staff reporting
Staff reporters write original, reported articles on PR, communications, and marketing, often practical and tied to current events.
Contributed articles
PR Daily accepts stories, blog posts, and pitches from outside contributors through its Submit News route, as long as the topic fits PR, marketing, social media, or writing and editing.
Opinion and op-eds
There is no separate op-ed desk. Perspective and how-to pieces come in through the same submission route.
Press releases
Company news is considered when the industry needs to know about it, for example a notable PR or social media project, submitted with an explanation and links.

Pitching PR Daily, step by step

  1. Read PR Daily to confirm your topic fits its four focus areas: public relations, marketing, social media, or writing and editing.

  2. Use the Submit News route described in PR Daily's guide for stories, blog posts, and pitches.

  3. If you are submitting an existing blog post, paste it into the story field and explain in the notes why PR Daily readers will want it.

  4. For company or client news, explain what the story is and include links so editors can see the work.

  5. Make it practical. PR Daily readers want lessons they can apply.

How PR Daily decides what to cover

PR Daily is Ragan Communications’ daily news and advice site for communicators. It mixes reported news on the communications profession with practical, how-to pieces: writing tips, crisis response lessons, social media tactics, and analysis of how brands handled a moment in the news.

Its own submission guide is clear about scope. If a story is not related to public relations, marketing, social media, or writing and editing, PR Daily is not interested. Within that scope, the best fits are practical: a lesson a communicator can use on Monday.

How to pitch PR Daily

PR Daily publishes a guide for contributors, “9 things you need to know about submitting news to PR Daily.” Its advice starts with reading the site to understand the kinds of stories it runs. From there, the guide describes using the Submit News page for three kinds of material: an existing blog post, company news, or a story idea.

For a blog post, paste it into the story field and use the notes field to explain what the post is about and why readers will value it. For company or client news, explain the story and include links so editors can see the work. Some of the guide’s later points sit behind Ragan’s membership paywall.

The general contact page also offers a department selector for other inquiries.

Contributed articles and op-eds

Unlike many trade titles, PR Daily openly invites outside contributions. That does not mean everything runs. The pieces that work are specific and useful: a step-by-step approach to a media training problem, a breakdown of a crisis response, or a lesson from a campaign with real results. Pieces that exist mainly to promote an agency or a tool are unlikely to make it.

There is no separate op-ed desk. Perspective pieces go through the same submission route.

Frequently asked questions

Does PR Daily accept guest posts?

Yes. Its submission guide invites stories, blog posts, and pitches through the Submit News page, as long as the topic fits its communications focus.

Editorial coverage is not described as paid. Ragan sells memberships, training, events, and awards, which are separate from editorial selection.

What topics does PR Daily cover?

Public relations, marketing, social media, and writing and editing. Its guide says stories outside those areas will not be considered.

For communications leaders, PR Daily is a practical venue for sharing what works. Turning client experience into useful, specific lessons is part of how a PR-led agency approaches media relations and thought leadership.

Mistakes that get pitches ignored

  • Pitching topics outside PR, marketing, social media, or writing and editing. PR Daily says it is not interested.
  • Submitting without reading the site and its typical story formats.
  • Self-promotional pieces with no practical takeaway for communicators.
  • Sending company news without links that show the work in action.

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