Submission Guidelines

Throughout the year, Western Pennsylvania Hospital News features fresh, in-depth, and relevant information for our audience of 40,000+ healthcare leaders and professionals.

Although “Hospital News,” is in our name, we cover and cherish our relationship with the entire healthcare industry. We just don’t cover the hospital industry exclusively—we cover the whole continuum of care. Our audience includes healthcare professionals, physicians, nurses, hospital executives and department heads, insurance providers, attorneys and accountants, home care and nursing home administrators, healthcare students, university and allied health school professionals as well as suppliers of products and services to the healthcare arena.

We focus on rehabilitation, nursing homes, home care, hospice as well as men’s health, women’s heath, and pediatrics. If your business crosses into any part of the health care sector, you should make it your business to be a regular part of Western Pennsylvania Hospital News.

Bylined Articles

Contributed articles should be 700 words or less, be educational and informative, and take a specific angle about something in the related field, rather than an advertisement of an organization. The article should be information-based and should not contain advertorial content. Bylined articles should be written in third-person, unless the submission is an opinion piece approved by the editor. Include an author bio (50 words or less) as well as contact information for the readers (i.e. phone number, email, and/or website). Please also send a digital photo of the author or a photo relevant to the piece (300 dpi), along with a cutline.

Calendar of Events

Have a special event coming up? Any conferences or meetings the readers should be aware of? Send us the name of the event; location; dates; and contact information.

Press Releases

We encourage you to send your press releases on breaking news, awards, new hires, promotions, and other things that your organization is proud and excited to announce. We welcome and encourage photos (300 dpi) with submissions. All press releases should offer a clear, thorough description of your product or service. If your product or service is not healthcare specific, it is helpful to tell us how it is applicable to the healthcare community.

Photos

We encourage photos with article and/or press release submissions. Photos should be at least 5″ wide and 200 dpi. Head shots should be at least 2″ wide and 300 dpi. Also, be sure to include the cutline. Finally, please send any images as separate files and not embedded in your article document or in an email.

Deadlines

The deadlines for all content is the 10th of each month. That month’s issue usually goes to print between around the 24th of the month. Email your content to Daniel Casciato at writer@danielcasciato.com.

Social Media Channels

If you have news that must be distributed immediately, we’ll post it on our social media accounts—LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. Combined, we have 7,000+ key connections.

2012 Editorial Calendar