Get featured in Arizona Daily Star
Tucson and southern Arizona news, from tucson.com
We write a custom feature about you and manage the placement. You approve every word before it goes live.
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How do I get featured in Arizona Daily Star?
We develop your story, write the feature to editorial standard, and manage the placement. You approve every word before anything goes live.
About Arizona Daily Star
The Arizona Daily Star is the daily newspaper of Tucson and southern Arizona, published online at tucson.com and owned by Lee Enterprises.
Why a feature here matters
The Star is the main daily news source in Tucson, so a feature there reaches southern Arizona customers, employers, university leaders and civic decision-makers in a title they know.
Best for: Tucson and southern Arizona businesses, founders, cross-border and logistics firms, property companies, clinics, researchers and local experts.
How coverage happens at Arizona Daily Star
There are two ways in. The first is to approach the paper yourself: pitch the reporter who covers your subject, or submit a guest opinion or letter through the route the opinion desk lists on its site. This is free, but it is slow, and the editors decide what runs and when. The second is to work with DNA. We develop the angle with you, write the feature to the Star's standard and manage the placement. You approve every word before it goes live, and nothing is published without your sign-off. If your story does not suit a Tucson readership, we tell you plainly before any work begins.
The kind of story that lands
The Star covers a desert city shaped by its university, its border location and questions of water and growth. The strongest stories sit inside those themes. A founder on how water policy affects development, a logistics or trade firm working across the border, a researcher or clinic with practical health advice for southern Arizona, or a restaurant or venue with something genuinely new all suit its sections. Its business pages favour firms with a visible stake in the Tucson economy, and its opinion pages suit expert analysis of an Arizona issue. National stories with Tucson added on top, and straight product announcements, are weaker fits.
How to Get Featured in the Arizona Daily Star
To get featured in the Arizona Daily Star, you need a story that matters to Tucson and southern Arizona and a route to the right desk. That means pitching a reporter, submitting an opinion piece or letter to the opinion pages, or having a feature developed and placed with professional help.
Pitching the newsroom yourself is free, but it is slow and the editors decide what runs. DNA offers another way in: we develop the story with you, write it to the Star's standard, manage the placement, and you approve every word before it goes live.
What the Arizona Daily Star is
The Arizona Daily Star is the daily newspaper of Tucson and southern Arizona. It is owned by Lee Enterprises, and its website is tucson.com, which carries the Star's reporting alongside local listings and guides. It is the main daily news source for one of the largest cities in the American Southwest.
What the Arizona Daily Star covers
Local news covers Tucson and Pima County: city and county government, schools, policing, growth, water and the desert environment. Its location near the Mexican border means border issues and the cross-border economy are a regular part of the news. Business coverage follows local firms, property, technology and the region's large employers, including the University of Arizona.
Sport is led by University of Arizona Wildcats coverage, alongside high school sport. There are food, entertainment and outdoors pages, and an opinion section with editorials, local columnists, guest opinions and letters from readers.
How to submit opinion to the Arizona Daily Star
The Star publishes opinion from readers as well as from its own writers. Its opinion desk accepts guest opinion pieces and letters through the route listed on its site, and that page sets out the current requirements, so check it before you write. Newspapers generally ask for your full name and contact details so a submission can be checked, and they edit for length and clarity.
A strong submission:
- Makes one clear argument about a Tucson, southern Arizona or Arizona issue.
- Comes from someone with real expertise in, or direct experience of, the subject.
- Is a finished piece written for a general reader, not an idea pitch.
- Is offered to the Star alone rather than to several papers at once.
The opinion editors decide what runs and when, and a submission is never a booking.
What makes a strong piece for the Star
Local relevance comes first. A founder on how water policy affects growth in the Tucson area, a firm working across the border on trade or logistics, a researcher or physician on a public health issue in southern Arizona, or a restaurant owner with something genuinely new all fit. Strong pieces carry named people, local detail and good timing.
A national story with Tucson mentioned in passing is a weak fit. If your story is national news, wire coverage of the kind carried by AP News is a different target with different rules.
How the process works
With DNA, the work runs in four steps. We check whether your story has a real Tucson or southern Arizona angle and tell you plainly if it does not. You share the substance: what you do, what has changed and why it matters locally. We draft the feature to the Star's standard and revise it with you. Once you approve every word, we manage the placement and send you the live link. Opinion pieces and letters remain a separate route that goes in under your own name.
How long it takes
Expect weeks rather than days. The angle, drafting, your review and the placement all take time, and breaking news can move schedules. We do not promise a date or an outcome.
How we get you in Arizona Daily Star
Questions about Arizona Daily Star
Is the Arizona Daily Star coverage a real, published feature?
Yes. It is a genuine article published on the outlet, written about you and your work — not an ad you design yourself.
How long does it take?
Most placements take weeks rather than days. We give you a realistic timeline for Arizona Daily Star before we start, and never promise a date we cannot control.
What if I am not happy with the draft?
You review and revise until it is right. Nothing publishes without your approval.
How do I submit an opinion piece to the Arizona Daily Star?
Send a finished piece through the opinion route listed on the Star's site and check the current requirements there first. Write about a Tucson or Arizona issue you know well, make one clear argument and include your full name and contact details.
Does the Arizona Daily Star publish letters to the editor?
Yes. Letters from readers run in its opinion section alongside editorials and columnists. Keep a letter short, respond to a recent story or live issue, and use the route the paper lists.
Can a business be featured in the Arizona Daily Star?
Yes, when there is a story with real local interest. You can pitch the relevant reporter yourself, or work with DNA: we develop the angle, write the feature to the paper's standard and manage the placement, and you approve every word first.