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Thank you for your interest in answering our call for contributing writers. While most of our news is auto-posted or auto-queued, we aim to maintain a fair balance of contributing writers.
NEWS DEPARTMENTS
We are a 24/7 online news website seeking article contributors in any of our site categories:
Local news involves stories within our immediate news coverage counties of Bond, Christian, Macoupin, Montgomery, and Sangamon counties.
Regional news involves stories within the other four regions within central and southern Illinois, or the five coverage regions in eastern Missouri.
Illinois news involves stories happening throughout the entire state, with statehouse coverage from Springfield.
Missouri news involves stories happening in the greater St. Louis metropolitan area, with statehouse coverage from Jefferson City.
National news involves stories happening throughout the entire U.S., with political coverage from Washington, D.C.
World news involves stories happening worldwide.
Politics/political news involves stories taking place at the local, county, state, Federal and international levels.
Business & Lifestyle is a general category, which is broken down into several subcategories: Automotive, Business, Financial, Life & Style, Technology, Travel and Your Health.
Sports news mostly involves collegiate and professional sports. Treat this category as if it were Bleacher Report, for example. As long as it’s in the U.S., we will also accept prep/high school sports story submissions.
Entertainment news is also a general category, broken down into four subcategories: Entertainment, Films, Gaming and TV/Radio News.
The Opinion section is split between Letters To The Editor (which you don’t have to contribute to) and Commentary (which you can contribute to). Commentary can be considered as an Editorial (normally published by a member of the Editorial Board), an Opinion-Editorial (op-ed, normally submitted by notable figures) or Commentary (also usually published by a member of the editorial board). We also have opinion columnists as well.
Other categories can be added upon the author’s request.
CONTRIBUTOR GUIDELINES
Prior writing experience is encouraged, but not required.
You will need to register for an account. Upon confirmation, please set a profile picture through Gravatar and post a brief author bio.
Article submissions should have at least 300 words. (In rare cases, we will allow news items that have less than this minimum threshold.)
Appropriate photo credits and reference sources must be properly credited, except for royalty-free content.
All submissions must reflect effective SEO performance and readability. This ensures our articles rank higher and are easier to read.
EDITORIAL DISCLAIMER
All submitted content is subject to editing and final approval. This is to ensure there is proper use of grammar, punctuation, syntax, and sentence structure prior to publication.
Heartland Newsfeed and Heartland Media Group of Central Illinois & Eastern Missouri reserve the right to deny or refuse any article deemed unfit for publication.
The editorial team reserves the right to edit content promoting advertising or solicitations to reach third-party individuals and organizations.
WEBSITE INFORMATION
Information current as of May 31, 2025
9.75 million unique visitors
74.5 million site views
Peak daily readership: 6,450 readers
As of Alexa Web’s end of service on May 1, 2022
World ranking: 226,084
U.S. ranking: 15,997
PUBLICATION AND INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIPS
Heartland Newsfeed, its associated sister media entities, and Heartland Media Group of Central Illinois & Eastern Missouri are proud to hold memberships in the following organizations, both Illinois-based and across this country and world:
Society of Professional Journalists
Jake Leonard
Student Membership; St. Louis SPJ Pro Chapter Member
Constitution First Amendment Press Association
Heartland Newsfeed
Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network
Heartland Newsfeed Podcast Network
National Association of Digital Broadcasters
Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network
International Association of Internet Broadcasters
Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network
League of Libertarian Journalists
Jake Leonard
National Association for Media Literacy Education
Online News Association
Jake Leonard
Student Membership
Illinois News Broadcasters Association
Jake Leonard
Voting Member
AWARDS AND HONORS
Media Innovator Awards
Best News & Sports Content Broadcasters – Midwestern U.S.
2023: Won category (announced January 2024)
2024: Won category (announced January 2025)
MEDIA CREDENTIALS
In some instances, when it comes to certain news items, you may need to request us to provide credentials that you are a writer or correspondent for Heartland Newsfeed.
In most cases, we can usually send a letter or email certifying that you are reporting on our behalf. Others may require advance notification.
ACTIVE CREDENTIALS
Illinois High School Association:
We are listed on their media database with Media ID: 3326. We currently have seven extra passes for anyone wishing to cover Illinois high school sports. This also includes IHSA-sanctioned non-athletic extracurricular activities. If you do decide to cover high school sports, please make sure to provide a mailing address to receive your pass.
All Elite Wrestling:
We have partial access to the wrestling organization, mostly in the form of photos. We are actively trying to get access to AEW press conferences. Prior notification would need to be given for media access to AEW Dynamite, AEW Rampage, and pay-per-views.
Ring of Honor Wrestling:
We actively receive press releases from the PR firm representing the wrestling organization. Interviews are usually arranged through this agency, especially for annual ROH pay-per-view shows. Other media access is still being worked on.
POOL CREDENTIALS
United Football League:
Primary coverage will be general league news and of the St. Louis Battlehawks. Press credentials are pooled between Heartland Newsfeed/Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network and Ambush Sports Network. Started in 2022 when the XFL and USFL were separate entities through the present post-merger era as the United Football League (UFL).
Major League Soccer:
Media credentials are already in place for St. Louis CITY SC and CITY 2. Press credentials are pooled between Heartland Newsfeed/Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network and Ambush Sports Network.
CREDENTIALS IN PROGRESS
Major League Soccer:
We’re trying to get media credentials with the Chicago Fire and its youth operations, but it remains a work in progress with no communications from their team.
Missouri State High School Activities Association:
While Heartland Newsfeed is listed in their database as a media outlet, the credentials process is quite confusing, especially when trying to get sports scores and stats from the schools we follow across eastern Missouri.
Statehouse/Congressional Credentials:
Since we don’t have much of a staff or a dedicated statehouse reporter, we haven’t attempted to get statehouse credentials for the state legislature since 2020.
At the federal level, we have never attempted to get media credentials since we were founded due to the lack of a federal correspondent.
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DEADLINES & PUBLICATION INFORMATION
Daily deadlines
News and sports submissions: 11 p.m. Central
Advertising, legals, obituaries: 5 p.m. Central
Monday-Friday deadlines
Other business inquiries: 5 p.m. Central
Publication times
Late breaking news as it happens
Normal publication: 11 p.m. Central daily
Other news: Published as it’s made available