A useful suggestion starts with the essentials: what happened or is proposed, where it is relevant, who is responsible for the information and why it matters to Northern Virginia or Washington, DC readers.
For a story idea
Provide the topic, the relevant community or jurisdiction, an official source link where available and a short explanation of the reader benefit. Explain your connection to the subject. Submitting an idea does not guarantee coverage.
For a business
Provide the official business name, website, public business contact route, location or service area and the facts you want considered. Clearly identify any paid relationship or promotional purpose. An unverified submission should never create an automatic public listing.
For an event
Include the official organizer page, start and end dates, time zone, venue, admission or registration link and a public organizer contact. Details must be checked again near publication. Repeating events need an explicit date range rather than an open-ended assumption.
For photographs
Send only material you own or have permission to provide, with the creator’s name and applicable usage terms. Explain where and when the image was made. Do not assume that an image found on social media is available for publication.
For a correction
Identify the affected page and detail, then provide the best available supporting source. Avoid sending private account, health or financial information.Send a submissionSubmissions are not open yet. A monitored submission route is being finalized and will be posted here when it is ready.