Get featured in Hartford Courant
Connecticut stories, written to the Courant'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 Hartford Courant?
We develop your story, write the feature to editorial standard, and manage the placement. You approve every word before anything goes live.
About Hartford Courant
The Hartford Courant is Connecticut's best-known daily newspaper, based in the state capital. It dates from before American independence and describes itself as the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States.
Why a feature here matters
The Courant is the paper Connecticut's business, political and civic leaders follow, so a feature there reaches readers across the state in a title with a very long history.
Best for: Connecticut founders, business owners, insurance and financial services executives, physicians, lawyers, nonprofit leaders and experts with a state angle.
How coverage happens at Hartford Courant
There are two ways in. You can approach the Courant yourself: find the reporter who covers your subject through their bylines and send a short, specific pitch, or submit an op-ed or letter through the route the paper lists on its opinion pages. That approach is free, but it is slow, and the editors decide what runs and when. The second way is to work with DNA. We develop the angle with you, write the feature to the Courant's standard and manage the placement. You approve every word before it goes live, and nothing is published without your sign-off.
The kind of story that lands
The Courant is a Connecticut paper first, so a story needs a real state stake. Its business coverage suits a founder or executive explaining what a change means for jobs and employers in Hartford and beyond, from insurance and financial services to manufacturing. Its politics coverage follows the state capitol closely, which makes room for experts who can explain what a decision means in practice. Its opinion pages suit well-argued commentary on a Connecticut issue from someone who knows it. Strong pieces carry named people, local detail and a reason a Connecticut reader should care now. National commentary with a Connecticut name added on top rarely fits.
How to Get Featured in the Hartford Courant
To get featured in the Hartford Courant, you either give one of its reporters a Connecticut story worth covering, submit an op-ed or letter that its opinion editors decide to publish, or have a feature developed and placed with professional help. Whichever route you choose, the story has to matter to people in Connecticut.
Approaching 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 Courant's standard, manage the placement, and you approve every word before it goes live.
What the Hartford Courant is
The Hartford Courant is Connecticut's best-known daily newspaper, based in Hartford, the state capital. It was founded before the American Revolution and describes itself as the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States. Its journalism has been recognised with Pulitzer Prizes, and it remains the main statewide source for Connecticut news.
What the Hartford Courant covers
The site is organised around Connecticut news, state politics and the legislature, business, opinion and sport. UConn basketball is one of its most followed subjects, alongside high school sport across the state. Business coverage reflects Hartford's long role as a centre of the insurance industry, as well as the state's manufacturing and aerospace employers. It also covers things to do, food, health, and obituaries.
Because the Courant reads as a statewide paper, a story from New Haven, Fairfield County or eastern Connecticut can fit as well as one from Hartford itself.
How to get featured in the Hartford Courant
For news coverage, find the reporter who covers your subject. Bylines on recent stories show who writes about the capitol, business, health, education or the courts, and the paper lists ways to reach its newsroom on its site. Read what they have written, then send a short note with the facts, the people involved and the reason a Connecticut reader should care. A general press release with no consequence for the state is easy to set aside.
How to submit an op-ed to the Hartford Courant
The Courant publishes guest commentary and letters from readers alongside its own editorials and columnists. Its opinion desk accepts op-ed submissions 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 op-ed:
- Makes one clear argument about a Connecticut issue that is in the news.
- Comes from someone with real expertise in, or direct experience of, the subject.
- Is a finished piece written for a general reader, not an outline or a pitch.
- Is offered to the Courant alone rather than to several outlets at once.
How to submit an obituary to the Hartford Courant
There are two different things here. Death notices written by families are placed through the obituary route the Courant lists on its site, often with help from the funeral home handling arrangements. News obituaries are written by the newsroom about people whose lives were of wide public interest in Connecticut, and the editors decide which ones to write. If you believe someone's life merits a news obituary, contact the newsroom with a short account of why.
What makes a strong piece for the Courant
Local relevance comes first. An insurance executive on what a regulatory change means for Hartford employers, a physician on access to care in the state, or a founder explaining why they chose to build a company in Connecticut all fit. Strong pieces name people and places and arrive while the subject is current. For a comparison with a national wire service, see the guide to AP News.
How the process works
With DNA, the work runs in four steps. We check whether your story has a real Connecticut 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 Courant's 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. Finding the angle, drafting, your review and the placement all take time.
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Questions about Hartford Courant
Is the Hartford Courant 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 Hartford Courant 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 Hartford Courant?
Send a finished piece through the op-ed route listed on the Courant's opinion pages, after checking the current requirements there. Write about a Connecticut issue you know well, make one clear argument and offer it to the Courant alone.
How do I submit an obituary to the Hartford Courant?
Families place death notices through the obituary route on the Courant's site, often with the help of a funeral home. News obituaries are written by the newsroom, which decides whose lives to cover.
Can a business be featured in the Hartford Courant?
Yes, when there is a story with real Connecticut interest. You can pitch the relevant reporter yourself, or work with DNA: we develop the angle, write the feature to the Courant's standard and manage the placement, and you approve every word first.