There’s many ways to contact news outlets about news they can use. One way is through news outlets’ websites. Submit press releases and media alerts to Chicago and other Midwest news outlets using the links below. A word of advice: Be selective when choosing news outlets to send your news too. Consider the geographic area the outlets cover and the readership/viewers they serve. Consider publications’ frequency. Will your news be timely by the time it might be published?

Chicago-area Outlets

• ABC Television
WLS-TV (ABC7-Chicago) does not accept press releases via email. All documents should be faxed to (312) 899-8019. For a directory of links for ABC New’s various national programs click here.

• American Bar Association Journal
All press releases should be emailed to releases@abanet.org.

• CBS Television
WBBM-FM (CBS2-Chicago) accepts press releases on its Web site. This page should be used to contact all national programs.

• Chicago Sun-Times
Submit press releases by e-mail to your target department. Find a list of departmental contacts here.

• Chicago Tribune
Press releases may be faxed to individual departments. Find a list of fax numbers on this page.
For Metromix listings here’s a page. Submit listings three weeks in advance. No fax or mail accepted.

• Chicago Public Media (WBEZ-FM)
To send press releases to the city’s NPR affiliate, visit this page to find the emails for the various departments.

• Chicagoland Television (CLTV)
Send story ideas to the staff using this form. Also, submit items for the station’s online community calendar using this form.

• Crain’s Chicago Business
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/submitEvent.pl
(Send calendar items only. Press Releases and similar materials should be sent to: Crain’s Chicago Business, 360 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60601)

• Daily Herald
http://www.dailyherald.com/info/feedback.asp
Submit press releases on the newspaper’s feedback form.

• Daily Southtown
Email press releases to the newsroom at news@dailysouthtown.com.

• NBC Television
Send press releases to WMAQ-TV (NBC5-Chicago) using this form. National news may be submitted email. To find the correct address by show click here.

• Pioneer Press Newspapers – weeklies serving the North, Northwest and Western suburbs.
This page allows you to submit press release to any of the 50+ papers in the chain.

• Post-Tribune
http://www.post-trib.com/aboutus/contact/index.html
Find the e-mail address for the correct department with this link.

• RedEye
The staff gladly accepts story ideas. Use this form.

• Suburban Chicago Newspapers: Aurora Beacon News, Joliet Herald News, Elgin Courier News, Waukegan News Sun and Sun Publications
Here’s a page which includes tips and links for submitting your press releases or story ideas online to either of these papers.

• The Times of Northwest Indiana
Send press releases via email at newstips@nwindianatimes.com.

• WGN-TV
Send your press releases and story ideas to wgntvinfo@tribune.com.

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