PR and editorial content · Nationwide

PR built on the record.

Local Press Desk is a PR and editorial content desk. We help businesses and professional firms earn media coverage and authority with expert commentary, bylined articles and data stories that editors can check line by line.

Work with us For editors and reporters

Earned coverage carries weight. We build it from real expertise and public records, and we pitch it the way editors want to receive it.

Services

PR and content, under one desk.

Pick one service or combine them. Pricing is quoted per project, on request.

Expert commentary

We connect your experts with reporters covering their field. Quotes go out only after the expert approves the exact wording.

Bylined and contributed articles

Articles written for publications that take contributed pieces, under your name or ours, to each outlet's guidelines.

Data-driven stories

Stories built from public records, such as crash, safety and government data, with the method and source tables included.

Media outreach and pitching

We find the reporters and editors who cover your topic, pitch one outlet at a time and handle the follow-up.

Editorial content

Explainers, guides and articles for publications and for your own site, checked against official sources before delivery.

Quote banks and briefing notes

We prepare approved positions on the questions reporters ask in your field, so your experts can answer quickly and accurately.

How it works

Four steps, and you approve every one.

Nothing goes out under your name, or about your business, until you have seen it.

  1. 1

    Tell us about you

    Email the desk with your business, your experts and what you want to be known for.

  2. 2

    We plan the stories

    We look for angles in your expertise and in public data, then send you a short story plan.

  3. 3

    You sign off

    You approve every quote, byline and fact about your business before anything is pitched.

  4. 4

    We pitch and report

    We pitch, follow up and send you each piece that runs, with a link to it.

Who we work with

Local businesses and professional firms, anywhere in the US.

If you have real expertise and something worth saying, we can help you say it in print.

Our standards

Short rules, kept every time.

Editors and reporters trust sources that are easy to check. These rules apply to every pitch, quote and article we send, for every client.

They protect the publications we work with, and they protect our clients' names.

  • Every fact is sourcedFigures and rules trace back to official records, with links you can open.
  • No fabricated quotesEvery expert quote is approved by the expert it is attributed to.
  • No paid linksWe never offer a publication payment in exchange for a link in a piece we pitch.
  • Client relationships disclosedWhen a piece involves a client, we tell the editor up front.
  • Prompt correctionsIf we get something wrong, we fix it fast and tell the editor what changed.

For editors and reporters

Sourced pieces, written for your readers.

If one of our writers pitched you, here is how we work. We pitch before we write, and we write to your guidelines.

1

Exclusive pitches

Each idea goes to one publication at a time. If you pass, we move on. If you say yes, it is yours.

2

Your guidelines first

Length, style, sourcing and disclosure rules are yours. We follow them and take edits without fuss.

3

Data on request

Ask and we send the underlying data tables, the queries we ran and links to every source.

Public records we build from include: NHTSA FARS State crash records, such as California's CCRS City and state open-data portals

Want a specific beat? Write to the writer who covers it, or email the desk and we will route it.

Email the desk desk@localpressdesk.com

The writers

One writer per beat.

Each writer covers a group of topics nationwide. Write to the person on your beat, or to the desk.

Let's talk about your story.

Businesses and firms: tell us what you do and who you want to reach. Editors and reporters: send us your request. One address reaches the whole desk.

Work with us Editor or reporter request
desk@localpressdesk.com · Pricing on request