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How to get featured in Supply Chain Dive

How to get featured in Supply Chain Dive: what its reporters cover, how to pitch news and tips, the op-ed rules, and how paid release posting differs from news.

Website
supplychaindive.com
Owner
Informa TechTarget (Industry Dive)
Lead time
News: same day to a few days. Opinion submissions: a reply within three weeks if accepted.
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At a glance

Audience. Supply chain, logistics, procurement, and operations leaders at manufacturers, retailers, shippers, and logistics providers.

  • Logistics and freight
  • Procurement and sourcing
  • Supply chain technology
  • Operations and warehousing
  • Trade policy and regulation
  • Supply chain risk
Staff reporting
Editors and reporters cover supply chain news and analysis by beat, including freight, procurement, technology, operations, regulation, and risk.
Contributed articles
Supply Chain Dive publishes opinion pieces from industry experts. Submissions must be exclusive, original, and written without generative AI.
Opinion and op-eds
Op-eds go through the Submit an opinion piece page. Average length is about 1,000 words, and editors reply within three weeks only if a piece is accepted.
Press releases
DiveWire is a paid press release posting service. The outlet states that posting does not affect its journalists' independent judgment about coverage.

Pitching Supply Chain Dive, step by step

  1. Read recent coverage in your segment (freight, procurement, technology, operations) to see how reporters frame stories.

  2. Find the reporter for your beat on the editors page, or use the contact form's pitch a story option or the Submit a tip page.

  3. Lead with operational facts: volumes, costs, lead times, facility investments, contract wins with named customers, or policy impacts.

  4. Offer an executive or practitioner who can explain the decision and its tradeoffs on the record.

  5. For thought leadership, submit an exclusive op-ed through the opinion form and plan for two to three rounds of edits and fact checks.

How Supply Chain Dive decides what to cover

Supply Chain Dive is an Industry Dive publication, now part of Informa TechTarget, covering logistics, freight, procurement, technology, operations, regulation, and risk. Its readers run supply chains, so stories focus on decisions and their consequences: a shipper changing carriers, a retailer reshaping its distribution network, a tariff change rippling through sourcing, a technology rollout with measurable results.

What rarely makes the cut is a vendor announcement without evidence. Reporters want named customers, real numbers, and someone who can explain why a decision was made.

How to pitch Supply Chain Dive

The contact page lists the newsroom routes: an editors page showing who covers what, a contact form that includes a pitch a story option, and a Submit a tip page. Choose the reporter whose recent bylines match your segment and send a brief email with the operational facts.

Good pitches here read like a case file. Explain what changed, the volumes or costs involved, the timeline, and who can speak. Customer stories carry far more weight when the customer is willing to be named and quoted. Data from your platform can work if you explain the methodology and what it represents.

Contributed articles and op-eds

Supply Chain Dive accepts opinion pieces from industry experts through its submission page. The rules are specific. Pieces must be new and exclusive, with no previously published work, and the outlet retains exclusive rights for at least 30 days. The average submission is about 1,000 words. Generative AI may not be used to write op-eds, and AI-generated submissions are rejected. Editors reply within three weeks only if a piece is accepted, and authors should be available for two to three rounds of edits and fact checks.

The site also offers DiveWire, a paid press release posting service. The outlet says posting guarantees a place on its press release page but has no effect on whether reporters cover the story.

Frequently asked questions

You can pay to post a labeled press release through DiveWire. News coverage and op-ed selection are editorial decisions and are not for sale.

Does Supply Chain Dive accept guest posts?

Yes, as exclusive opinion pieces submitted through the official form, written by the expert and without generative AI.

Who should I pitch at Supply Chain Dive?

The reporter on your beat, listed on the editors page, or the newsroom through the contact form and tip page.

A PR-led agency brings Supply Chain Dive the operational evidence reporters need and keeps paid distribution separate from earned coverage. Our media relations work applies the same approach to logistics and supply chain technology companies.

Mistakes that get pitches ignored

  • Software announcements with no customer or operational data
  • AI-drafted op-eds, which the outlet says it rejects
  • Op-eds already published elsewhere
  • Treating a paid DiveWire posting as editorial coverage
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