Get featured in Baltimore Sun
Maryland stories, written to the Sun's standard
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 Baltimore Sun?
We develop your story, write the feature to editorial standard, and manage the placement. You approve every word before anything goes live.
About Baltimore Sun
The Baltimore Sun is a daily newspaper based in Baltimore, Maryland, and one of the oldest newspapers in the United States. It covers the city and state's news, politics, business, sport and opinion.
Why a feature here matters
The Sun is the newspaper Baltimore and much of Maryland reads for local news and state politics, so a feature there reaches customers, employers and civic leaders in a title they already trust.
Best for: Baltimore and Maryland founders, business owners, physicians and clinicians, lawyers, educators, civic and nonprofit leaders, and experts with a local angle.
How coverage happens at Baltimore Sun
There are two ways in. You can approach the Sun yourself: pitch the reporter who covers your subject with a short, factual note, or send an op-ed through the submission route the paper lists on its own site. That route is free, but it is slow, there is no promise of a reply, and the editors decide what runs. The second way is to work with DNA. We develop the angle with you, write the feature to the Sun's standard, and manage the placement. You approve every word before it goes live, and we will tell you plainly if your story would sit better in a different title.
The kind of story that lands
The Sun is a Baltimore paper first, so the story needs a real local stake. Its business coverage suits a founder or executive explaining what a Maryland decision means for employers, customers or jobs. Its opinion pages suit a clear argument on a live state or city issue from someone qualified to make it. Its local news suits businesses and leaders rooted in a particular Baltimore neighbourhood or county, and health stories land well given the city's hospitals and universities. Strong pieces carry named people, concrete detail and a reason a Maryland reader should care now. A national story with a Baltimore name added does not fit, and promotion dressed up as opinion rarely works.
How to Get Featured in the Baltimore Sun
To get featured in the Baltimore Sun, you need a story that matters to readers in Baltimore and across Maryland: news its reporters want to follow, an op-ed accepted by its opinion editors, or a feature developed and placed with professional help. The Sun lists its newsroom and opinion contacts on its own site, and that is where to start if you want to approach it yourself.
Going direct is free, but the editors decide what runs and there is no promise of a reply. DNA offers another way in: we develop the story with you, write it to the Sun's standard, manage the placement, and you approve every word before it goes live.
What the Baltimore Sun is
The Baltimore Sun is a daily newspaper based in Baltimore, Maryland, and one of the oldest newspapers in the United States. For generations it has been the paper of record for the city and a reference point for anyone following Maryland politics, from City Hall to the State House in Annapolis. It publishes in print and online.
What the Baltimore Sun covers
The Sun is a local paper first. Its coverage centres on:
- Local news from Baltimore city and the surrounding counties, including crime, courts, schools and neighbourhoods.
- Politics at city and state level, including the Maryland General Assembly.
- Business stories about Maryland employers, the port, health care and property.
- Sport, with close coverage of the Ravens and the Orioles as well as college and high school teams.
- Opinion, with editorials, op-eds from outside contributors and letters from readers.
- Obituaries, a section many Baltimore readers follow closely.
How to get featured in the Baltimore Sun
Most people who appear in the Sun do so because they are part of a local story. The practical first step is to read the section you want to be in, note which reporters cover your subject and approach them with something specific: what has happened, why it matters to Baltimore or Maryland readers, and who can speak to it on the record. A short, factual note works better than a press release written for a national audience.
A feature about your business, practice or expertise is a different task. That is where DNA works: we shape the angle, write the piece to the Sun's standard and manage the placement, and you sign off every word.
How to submit an op-ed to the Baltimore Sun
The Sun's opinion section publishes op-eds from outside writers alongside its own editorials and readers' letters. The paper sets out how to submit on its own site, and that guidance is the only version to rely on, because length, exclusivity and contact rules change over time. We do not repeat those details here.
What travels well on the Sun's opinion pages is a clear argument on a live Maryland issue from someone with real standing to make it: a physician on public health in the city, a business owner on a state policy, a teacher on Baltimore schools. Advocacy for your own organisation, or a national piece with a Baltimore name added, is much less likely to run.
How to submit an obituary to the Baltimore Sun
Like most American dailies, the Sun separates news obituaries, which its journalists write about people whose lives were notable to the city, from death notices, which families or funeral homes place through the route listed on the paper's site. If you believe someone's life merits a news obituary, contact the newsroom with the essential facts. For a death notice, follow the Sun's own instructions or ask the funeral director, who will usually have handled it before. DNA does not handle obituaries or death notices.
What makes a strong piece for the Sun
Local stake is the first test. A founder explaining what a Maryland decision means for employers, a clinician drawing on work in the city's hospitals, or a business rooted in a particular Baltimore neighbourhood all fit. Strong pieces carry named people, concrete detail and a clear reason a Maryland reader should care now. If your story is national in scope, compare how it would be shaped for USA Today.
How the process works
With DNA the work runs in four steps. We check whether your story has a genuine Baltimore or Maryland angle and tell you plainly if it does not. You share the substance: your background, the facts and what you want readers to understand. We draft the feature to the Sun's standard and revise it with you. Once you have approved every word, we manage the placement and send you the live link.
How long it takes
Expect weeks rather than days, allowing for the angle, drafting, your review and the placement.
How we get you in Baltimore Sun
Questions about Baltimore Sun
Is the Baltimore Sun 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 Baltimore Sun 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 op-ed to the Baltimore Sun?
Use the submission route the Sun lists on its own site and follow its current guidance on length and exclusivity. Send a finished piece on a live Maryland issue, with a short note on who you are and why you are qualified to write it.
How do I submit an obituary to the Baltimore Sun?
Death notices are placed by families or funeral homes through the route on the Sun's site. News obituaries are written by the paper's journalists, so contact the newsroom if you think a life merits one.
Can I pitch a story to the Baltimore Sun myself?
Yes. Find the reporter who covers your subject and send a short, factual note with a clear Baltimore or Maryland angle. It is free, but the editors decide what runs.