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How do I get featured in Fort Worth Star-Telegram?
We develop your story, write the feature to editorial standard, and manage the placement. You approve every word before anything goes live.
About Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is the daily newspaper of Fort Worth, Texas, published by McClatchy. It covers news, business, politics, sport and opinion across Fort Worth and Tarrant County.
Why a feature here matters
The Star-Telegram is the paper Fort Worth reads about itself, so a feature there reaches Tarrant County customers, employers and civic leaders in a title with deep local roots.
Best for: Fort Worth and North Texas founders, business owners, physicians, lawyers, property and energy professionals, and civic and nonprofit leaders.
How coverage happens at Fort Worth Star-Telegram
There are two ways in. You can approach the Star-Telegram 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 Star-Telegram'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 Star-Telegram is a Fort Worth paper first, and the city is proud of its own identity, so the story needs a real local stake rather than a Dallas angle. Its business pages suit founders and executives in property, energy and the region's growing employers, explaining what a decision means for jobs or customers. Its opinion pages suit one clear argument on a live Fort Worth or Texas issue from someone qualified to make it. Its local news suits businesses and leaders rooted in a named neighbourhood or Tarrant County town. Strong pieces carry named people, concrete detail and a reason a Fort Worth reader should care now. Promotion presented as opinion does not fit.
How to Get Featured in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
To get featured in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, you need a story that matters to readers in Fort Worth, Tarrant County and North Texas: news its reporters want to follow, an op-ed accepted by its opinion editors, or a feature developed and placed with professional help. The Star-Telegram lists how to reach its newsroom and opinion desk on its own site, and that is where to begin 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 Star-Telegram's standard, manage the placement, and you approve every word before it goes live.
What the Star-Telegram is
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is the daily newspaper of Fort Worth, Texas. It was built into a major regional paper by its founding publisher, Amon G. Carter, whose name is still attached to some of the city's best-known institutions. Today it is published by McClatchy, the American newspaper group that also publishes the Charlotte Observer and the Kansas City Star. It publishes in print and online.
The paper has always defined itself partly against Dallas. It is the voice of Fort Worth and the western side of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and its coverage reflects that.
What the Star-Telegram covers
- Local news from Fort Worth, Arlington and the rest of Tarrant County, including city and county government, crime, schools and growth.
- Business stories about North Texas employers, property and energy.
- Texas politics and how state decisions play out locally.
- Sport, with coverage of the Cowboys, the Rangers, TCU and high school football.
- Food, culture and things to do across Fort Worth.
- Opinion, with editorials, op-eds and readers' letters.
How to get featured in the Star-Telegram
Most people in the Star-Telegram appear because they are part of a Fort Worth story. Read the section you want to be in, note which reporters cover your subject through their bylines, and approach the right one with something specific: what has happened, why it matters to Tarrant County readers and who can speak to it on the record.
A feature about your business or expertise is a different job. That is where DNA works: we shape the angle, write the piece to the Star-Telegram's standard and manage the placement, and you sign off every word.
Star-Telegram op-ed submission
The Star-Telegram's opinion section publishes op-eds from outside contributors alongside its editorials and letters. The paper sets out how to submit on its own site, and that is the guidance to follow, because length, exclusivity and contact rules can change. We do not repeat those details here.
A strong op-ed makes one clear argument on a live Fort Worth or Texas issue and comes from someone with standing to make it: an employer on the local economy, a clinician on health care in North Texas, a school leader on education. Self-promotion and national commentary with a Fort Worth name attached are much less likely to run.
How to submit an obituary to the Star-Telegram
Like most American dailies, the Star-Telegram 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 on the paper's site. For a death notice, follow the Star-Telegram's own instructions or ask your funeral director, who will usually have done it before. If you think a life merits a news obituary, contact the newsroom with the essential facts. DNA does not handle obituaries or death notices.
What makes a strong piece for the Star-Telegram
Fort Worth is proud of its own identity, so stories rooted in the city work better than regional stories told from Dallas. A founder explaining what growth means for Tarrant County employers, a business tied to a named neighbourhood, or an expert explaining a Texas decision in local terms all fit. For a national version of the same story, compare how pieces are shaped for USA Today.
How the process works
With DNA the work runs in four steps. We check whether your story has a genuine Fort Worth or North Texas angle and say so if it does not. You share the substance. We draft the feature to the Star-Telegram'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 Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Questions about Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Is the Fort Worth Star-Telegram 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 Fort Worth Star-Telegram 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 Fort Worth Star-Telegram?
Use the opinion submission route the Star-Telegram lists on its own site and follow its current guidance. Send a finished piece with one clear argument on a live Fort Worth or Texas issue and a short note on your credentials.
How do I submit an obituary to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram?
Death notices are placed by families or funeral homes through the route on the paper's site, and your funeral director can usually help. News obituaries are written by staff, so contact the newsroom if you think a life merits one.
Can I pitch a story to the Star-Telegram myself?
Yes. Approach the reporter who covers your subject with a short, factual note and a clear Fort Worth angle. It is free, but the editors decide what runs.