Get featured in Lancashire Telegraph
News for Blackburn, Burnley and East Lancashire
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How do I get featured in Lancashire Telegraph?
We develop your story, write the feature to editorial standard, and manage the placement. You approve every word before anything goes live.
About Lancashire Telegraph
The Lancashire Telegraph is a Newsquest newspaper based in Blackburn, covering Blackburn, Darwen, Burnley, Hyndburn, Pendle, Rossendale and the Ribble Valley in print and online.
Why a feature here matters
It is the main local news title for East Lancashire, so a feature here reaches people who live, work and do business across Blackburn, Burnley and the surrounding towns.
Best for: East Lancashire businesses, manufacturers, founders, retailers, health practitioners, charities and community organisations.
How coverage happens at Lancashire Telegraph
There are two ways in. The first is to contact the newsroom yourself. The Telegraph's site explains how readers can get in touch with the editorial team and send in news, and that route suits genuine local news and community stories. It is free, but it is slow, there is no promise of a reply, and the editors decide what runs. The second is to work with DNA. We develop the angle with you, write the feature to the Telegraph's standard, manage the placement and send you the draft first. Nothing goes live until you have approved every word, and we will tell you if your story suits a different outlet better.
The kind of story that lands
The Telegraph is built around East Lancashire. Its pages cover Blackburn, Darwen, Burnley, Accrington, Nelson, Colne, Clitheroe and the Rossendale valley: council decisions, crime and courts, schools, health services, business and community life, with strong football coverage of Blackburn Rovers, Burnley and Accrington Stanley. The stories that suit it have a clear local connection: a Blackburn manufacturer winning work, a Burnley founder solving a problem for the area, a family business with a long history in the valleys, or a practitioner with practical advice for local readers. A story with no East Lancashire connection belongs in a national title instead.
How to Get Featured in the Lancashire Telegraph
What the Lancashire Telegraph is
The Lancashire Telegraph is the local daily newspaper for East Lancashire, based in Blackburn and published by Newsquest. It was long known as the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, and today it publishes in print and online at lancashiretelegraph.co.uk, covering Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley, Hyndburn, Pendle, Rossendale and the Ribble Valley.
If you want to get featured in the Lancashire Telegraph, there are two realistic routes. You can send a story to the newsroom yourself, which is free but leaves the decision with the editors. Or you can work with an agency such as DNA, which develops a feature about you, writes it to the paper's standard and manages the placement, with your approval on every word before it goes live.
What the Lancashire Telegraph covers
The Telegraph's news pages follow council decisions, crime and court cases, schools, health services, transport and town centre change across East Lancashire. Business coverage looks at local manufacturers, retailers, new openings and the employers that keep towns such as Blackburn, Burnley and Accrington going. Football is a major strand, with Blackburn Rovers, Burnley and Accrington Stanley all followed closely, alongside cricket and grassroots sport. There is also community news, what's on coverage and readers' letters.
How to get featured in the Lancashire Telegraph
Start by deciding what you have. News, such as a new factory line, a significant contract, a local first or a community fundraiser, belongs with the newsroom. A view on a local issue suits a letter to the editor. A profile of your business, your expertise or your personal story is a feature, and that is where most people want to land.
For news, contact the Telegraph using the details it lists on its own site. Lead with the East Lancashire angle, name someone who can speak to it and attach usable photographs. For a feature, DNA develops the angle with you, writes the piece to the paper's standard and manages the placement, and you approve every word before it goes live.
How to submit a story to the Lancashire Telegraph
People searching for how to submit a story to the Lancashire Telegraph usually want to tip off a reporter, share community news or get their business written about. The paper's site explains how readers can contact the newsroom and send in news, and that is the right place for the first two. We are not going to quote an address or a form here, because contact details change and the Telegraph's own site is the reliable source.
What happens to a submission is up to the newsroom. There is no promise of a reply or of publication, and a business announcement without wider local interest is unlikely to run as news.
What makes a strong piece for the Lancashire Telegraph
Local relevance comes first. A Blackburn manufacturer winning new work, a Burnley founder solving a problem for the area, a Pendle family business with a long history, or a health practitioner with practical advice for local readers all fit. Named places, real people and a reason the story matters now carry more weight than adjectives. If your audience is national rather than local, a title such as The Independent may suit you better, and we will tell you if that is the case.
How the process works with DNA
We start with a conversation about your business and what you want readers in East Lancashire to understand about it. We find the local angle that suits the Telegraph's sections and write the feature to its standard. You receive the draft, ask for changes and approve every word before anything goes live. We then manage the placement and keep you updated as it progresses.
How long it takes
Expect weeks rather than days. Shaping the angle, gathering details and agreeing the draft all take time, and a busy local news cycle can move things around. We do not promise a publication date or an outcome.
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Questions about Lancashire Telegraph
Is the Lancashire Telegraph 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 Lancashire Telegraph 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 story to the Lancashire Telegraph?
Use the newsroom contact details on the Telegraph's own site. Keep it short, lead with the East Lancashire angle, include a named contact and add photographs. The editors decide whether to follow it up.
Which areas does the Lancashire Telegraph cover?
It covers East Lancashire, including Blackburn, Darwen, Burnley, Accrington and the rest of Hyndburn, Pendle, Rossendale and the Ribble Valley.
Can a local business be featured in the Lancashire Telegraph?
Yes, when the story has a genuine East Lancashire angle. DNA can develop the feature, write it to the paper's standard and manage the placement, and nothing goes live until you have approved every word.