Get featured in Cape Cod Times

To get featured in the Cape Cod Times, you either give one of its reporters a story worth covering, send a letter to the editor or opinion piece to its opinion pages, or have a feature developed and placed with professional help. Whichever route you take, the story needs a genuine Cape Cod or Islands angle, because that is the community the paper serves.

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 Cape Cod Times standard, manage the placement, and you approve every word before it goes live.

What the Cape Cod Times is

The Cape Cod Times is the daily newspaper for Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, based in Hyannis in the town of Barnstable. It is owned by Gannett and sits within the USA TODAY Network, which links it to local titles across the country and to the national paper. Its website carries the daily news alongside the print edition.

What the Cape Cod Times covers

The paper covers the towns of the Cape and the nearby Islands: local government and town meetings, crime and courts, schools, health care and transport across the bridges. Environment is a major thread, from coastal erosion and water quality to sharks and conservation, because those issues shape daily life on the Cape. It also reports on housing and the year-round economy, tourism and hospitality, the arts and things to do, local sport including the Cape Cod Baseball League, opinion and obituaries.

How to get featured in the Cape Cod Times

For news coverage, identify the reporter who covers your subject, read what they have written recently, and send a short, specific note with the facts and the local reason to care. Bylines on the site make it clear who covers which beat, and the paper lists ways to contact the newsroom. A pitch that names Cape towns, people and consequences will travel further than a general press release.

Be realistic about the bar: the newsroom covers what it judges newsworthy for readers on the Cape and Islands, and a company announcement with no local consequence rarely makes the cut.

How to submit a letter to the editor of the Cape Cod Times

The Cape Cod Times runs letters from readers alongside its own editorials, columnists and longer opinion pieces from contributors. Its opinion desk accepts letters to the editor through the route listed on its site, and that page sets out the current requirements, so read it before you send anything. In general terms, a strong letter:

• Responds to something the paper has published or to a local issue in the news.
• Makes one clear point rather than several.
• Is short, plainly written and free of personal attacks.
• Is signed with your real name and offered to the Cape Cod Times alone.

Longer opinion pieces follow the same logic but call for real expertise in, or direct experience of, the subject.

What makes a strong piece for the Cape Cod Times

Local relevance is the first test. A restaurant owner explaining how staffing and seasonal demand are changing, a conservation scientist on what erosion means for a particular stretch of shore, or a builder on the shortage of year-round homes all fit. Strong pieces carry named people, local detail and good timing. For a sense of how national stories are shaped differently, see the guide to USA Today, which sits in the same network as the Cape Cod Times.

How the process works

With DNA, the work runs in four steps. We check whether your story has a real Cape Cod or Islands 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 Cape Cod Times standard and revise it with you. Once you approve every word, we manage the placement and send you the live link.

How long it takes

Expect weeks rather than days. The angle, the drafting, your review and the placement all take time, and a story tied to the summer season or a town meeting needs planning well ahead.