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How to get featured in The Register
How to get featured in The Register: how its regional editors and beat reporters cover enterprise IT, and how to pitch a staffer or send a secure tip.
- Website
- theregister.com
- Owner
- Situation Publishing
- Lead time
- News: same day. Features and analysis: days to weeks.
- Last verified
At a glance
Audience. IT professionals, engineers, sysadmins, and technology decision makers in the US, UK, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
- Security and cybercrime
- AI and machine learning
- Cloud and SaaS
- Systems, storage, and networks
- Software, databases, and DevOps
- Public sector IT
- Personal tech
- Science
- Staff reporting
- Regional editors and beat reporters cover security, systems, storage, software, AI, cloud, and public sector IT, with columnists and long-running features alongside the news.
- Contributed articles
- No public guest post or contributor program for companies.
- Opinion and op-eds
- No public op-ed submission route. Columns come from regular Register columnists and staff.
- Press releases
- The Register's contact page says to pitch stories by emailing the relevant staffer, or the general news inbox when in doubt.
Pitching The Register, step by step
Read The Register's contact page, which lists editors and reporters by region and beat.
Email the staffer whose beat fits your story, as the contact page directs for pitches.
If you are unsure who to contact, use the general news inbox listed on the same page.
For sensitive information, use the secure web form, and include proof such as documents or screenshots.
Be precise and candid. The Register tends to scrutinize vendor claims closely.
How The Register decides what to cover
The Register is the flagship title of Situation Publishing, with staff in the Americas, the UK, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Its coverage is built for people who run and build IT: security and cybercrime, systems and storage, networks, software and databases, AI, cloud, and public sector technology. It also runs columns and long-running features, and it is known for an irreverent, skeptical voice.
What gets covered: vulnerabilities and breaches, outages, licensing and pricing changes, vendor strategy shifts, government IT projects, and products that matter to working technologists. Announcements that sound like marketing often get treated with the skepticism their readers expect.
How to pitch The Register
The Register’s contact page is one of the most specific in tech media. It lists editors and reporters by region and beat and says that to pitch a story, share feedback, or send anything non-sensitive, you should email the relevant staffer. If in doubt, use the general news inbox on that page.
For sensitive tips, the contact page points to a secure web form. It advises against using work email, phones, or devices, and says a useful tip includes proof and a way to reach you.
Pitch with substance: what changed, who is affected, the numbers, and someone technical who can answer follow-up questions. Expect hard questions about pricing, licensing, and customer impact.
Contributed articles and op-eds
The Register does not publish a public guest post or op-ed program. Its columns come from regular columnists and staff. Vendors and executives appear as sources, and the best route to that is real expertise and a willingness to speak plainly on the record.
Frequently asked questions
How do I pitch The Register?
Email the staffer who covers your beat, listed on The Register’s contact page. If unsure, use the general news inbox on the same page.
Does The Register accept guest posts?
No public guest post or op-ed program exists. Coverage comes from staff and regular columnists.
How do I request a correction from The Register?
The contact page says reporters cannot change published stories; contact the on-duty editor to request a correction or update.
The Register rewards candor and technical substance. A PR-led approach to media relations prepares spokespeople to answer the hard questions this audience will ask.
Mistakes that get pitches ignored
- Marketing language and inflated claims. The Register's readers and writers are skeptical of vendor spin.
- Asking reporters to change published stories. The contact page says corrections go to the on-duty editor.
- Blasting the same release to every staffer.
- Contacting the newsroom from a work device about sensitive tips, which the contact page warns against.
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