Get featured in Kansas City Star
Kansas City stories, written to the Star'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 Kansas City Star?
We develop your story, write the feature to editorial standard, and manage the placement. You approve every word before anything goes live.
About Kansas City Star
The Kansas City Star is the daily newspaper of Kansas City, based in Kansas City, Missouri, and part of McClatchy. It covers the metro area on both sides of the Missouri and Kansas state line, with local news, politics, business, sport, food and opinion.
Why a feature here matters
The Star is the main newspaper for the Kansas City region, so a feature there reaches customers, employers and civic leaders in both Missouri and Kansas in a title they already read.
Best for: Kansas City founders, business owners, physicians, lawyers, nonprofit and civic leaders, and experts with a Missouri or Kansas angle.
How coverage happens at Kansas City Star
There are two ways in. You can approach the Star yourself: find the reporter who covers your subject through their bylines and send a short, specific pitch, or submit a letter to the editor or guest commentary through the route the Star lists on its site. 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 Star'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 Star is a Kansas City paper first, and its readers live on both sides of the state line, so a story needs a real local stake. Its business coverage suits a founder or executive explaining what a development, a policy or a new employer means for the metro. Its opinion pages suit well-argued commentary on a regional issue from someone who knows it, whether that is housing, schools, health care or transport. Its food and things-to-do coverage fits restaurants, venues and cultural organisations with something genuinely new. Strong pieces carry named people, local detail and a clear reason a Kansas City reader should care now. National commentary with a local name added on top rarely fits.
How to Get Featured in the Kansas City Star
To get featured in the Kansas City Star, you either give one of its reporters a local story worth covering, send a letter or opinion piece 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 the Kansas City area.
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 Star's standard, manage the placement, and you approve every word before it goes live.
What the Kansas City Star is
The Kansas City Star is the daily newspaper of Kansas City, based on the Missouri side of the state line and part of the McClatchy group of local newspapers. It has a long history in the city, and Ernest Hemingway worked there as a young reporter before he became a novelist. Its journalism has been recognised with Pulitzer Prizes.
What the Kansas City Star covers
The site is organised around local news for the metro area in both Missouri and Kansas, politics in both states, business, and opinion. Sport is a major draw, with the Chiefs, the Royals and Sporting Kansas City, plus college teams including Kansas, Kansas State and Missouri. It also covers food and dining, things to do, and obituaries.
That two-state readership shapes what fits. A story about a decision in one state often has to explain what it means for people who live in one and work in the other.
How to get featured in the Kansas City Star
For news coverage, find the reporter who covers your subject. Bylines on recent stories show who writes about business, health, education, the courts or city hall, and the Star 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 local reason to care. A general press release with no consequence for Kansas City is easy to set aside.
How to submit a letter to the editor of the Kansas City Star
The Star publishes letters from readers and guest commentary alongside its own editorials and columnists. Its opinion desk accepts submissions through the route listed on its site, and that page sets out the current requirements, including the details you need to include, so read it before you send anything. In general terms, a strong letter:
- Responds to something in the news or in the Star's own coverage while it is still current.
- Makes one point clearly and briefly, rather than several at once.
- Is signed with your real name and the place you live, as newspapers normally require.
- Is written by you, not by an organisation sending the same text to many outlets.
Guest commentary is longer and needs real expertise or direct experience of the subject.
How to submit an obituary to the Kansas City Star
There are two different things here. Death notices written by families are placed through the obituary route the Star 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, 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 Star
Local relevance is the first test. A founder on what a new development means for a Kansas City neighbourhood, a physician on access to care across the region, or a business owner explaining how a policy change affects employers on both sides of the line all fit. For a comparison with how national stories are shaped, see the guide to USA Today.
How the process works
With DNA, the work runs in four steps. We check whether your story has a real Kansas City 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.
How long it takes
Expect weeks rather than days. Finding the angle, drafting, your review and the placement all take time.
How we get you in Kansas City Star
Questions about Kansas City Star
Is the Kansas City 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 Kansas City 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 a letter to the editor of the Kansas City Star?
Use the letters route listed on the Star's opinion pages and check the current requirements there first. Keep it brief, respond to something current, and sign it with your real name and where you live.
How do I submit an obituary to the Kansas City Star?
Families place death notices through the obituary route on the Star'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 Kansas City 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 Star's standard and manage the placement, and you approve every word first.