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Guidelines for submitting an article to The Navigator

The Navigator is actively seeking contributions with insights and advice on every aspect of public relations, including (but not limited to) media relations, event planning, investor and government relations, corporate communications, consumer marketing, speaking opportunities, writing and speaking skills and collateral (value of electronic press kits, anyone?).

The Navigator accepts bylined articles on an ongoing basis, is published monthly, and has more than 45,000 subscribers. It's an electronic publication; there's no print edition, and old issues are archived on the site.

Our editorial guidelines are simple:

• Pieces should be no longer than 1,200 words. A few extra words are fine, but we find that articles in the 700-1,200 word range are best received by readers.
• Articles are published with full credit to author and company, including a bio, a headshot and links as appropriate.
• Keep in mind that this is a forum to share your knowledge and expertise, not simply to list the credentials of your company.
• The Navigator welcomes controversy. Just because your opinions are outside the conventional wisdom box, that's no reason not to share them.
• Before you start writing, please read a few articles to get a feel for the tone of our coverage, as it's a little different from some newsletters.
• You do not need experience writing to contribute articles. Everyone has to start somewhere, and we believe that AAEs have as much to contribute to this forum as EVPs.
• Articles must be submitted in plain text (.txt) or Word (.doc) format or can be pasted into the body of an email.

When submitting your article, please include your name and company, a brief bio and a headshot (if you don't have one or don't want to run a headshot, you can send us a logo or a graphic). When we receive your article, we'll let you know exactly which issue it will be in.

Each article receives a unique URL that remains active after the issue is archived, and you're welcome to link to or distribute the URL.

We reserve the right to edit. And you reserve the right to disagree with our edits. And we all reserve the right to have a healthy discussion about any proposed edits.

That's it.  So if you have something to say, want to see your name in print, have best practices you'd like to share or want to air a gripe about journalists (or journalists, about communications professionals), let us know! We look forward to hearing from you soon.

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