Food, restaurants, and packaged goods
Where the trade press decides a launch before national outlets look up.
Food and beverage PR agencyPR agency in Chicago that writes the coverage targets into the contract
We pitch Chicago newsrooms and national desks for founders and operators across Chicagoland. The tiers, the deliverables, and the dates are settled on paper before kickoff. Come up short and we hand the money back.
City desk · Chicago, ILPitch list · outlet targets
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- DailyChicago TribunePitched
- DailyChicago Sun-TimesPitched
- Business pressCrain's Chicago BusinessPitched
- Digital newsroomBlock Club ChicagoPitched
- Public radioWBEZPitched
- BroadcastWTTWPitched
- City magazineChicago MagazinePitched
- + 9 more Chicago desks on the pitch list
Filed fromAustin, TX · Balcones Drive980 mi away · replies in 1 to 2 hrs
The newsroom map
The Chicago media landscape
A pitch here goes to the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, and Crain's Chicago Business, the title your buyers read first.
Block Club Chicago covers the neighborhoods, WBEZ and WTTW book the interviews, Chicago Magazine and the Reader run the long profiles, and Axios Chicago writes the morning newsletter. Broadcast means ABC 7, NBC 5, CBS 2, Fox 32, and WGN. Trades matter too: Modern Healthcare for the systems, Built In Chicago for software. Crain's wants revenue, a deal, or headcount attached to your news.
Who we would pitch in Chicago16 newsrooms named · no relationship claimed, only who gets the story
01Dailies2
DailyChicago Tribune
DailyChicago Sun-Times
02Business press1
Business pressCrain's Chicago Business
03Broadcast6
BroadcastWTTW
BroadcastABC 7
BroadcastNBC 5
BroadcastCBS 2
BroadcastFox 32
BroadcastWGN
04Public radio1
Public radioWBEZ
05Weeklies and magazines2
City magazineChicago Magazine
WeeklyChicago Reader
06Digital newsrooms2
Digital newsroomBlock Club Chicago
Digital newsroomAxios Chicago
07Trade titles2
Trade titleModern Healthcare
Trade titleBuilt In Chicago
What we cover
What our PR services in Chicago cover
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Media relations in Chicago
Named reporters on the business, health, and tech beats, each one worked individually
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03Thought leadership and announcement PR
Bylines, executive positioning, funding rounds, deals, market entry
Crisis and reputation management
Run off the record, with no client ever named
Digital PR that doubles as search work
Because the coverage carries links and gets you cited inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Overviews
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Reporting on placements
Audience, branded search, and the pipeline that follows
How it works
How a Chicago campaign runs
Story session
We find the angle a Chicago editor would run, and the number Crain's will want attached to it.
Targets in writing
Tiers, deliverables, and dates are signed off before any money moves.
Pitch
Local, trade, and national desks worked in parallel, with follow up until we have an answer either way.
Amplify and report
The clips go to work on your site, in search results, and in the deck your sales team sends.
Why AceIt
Why Chicago brands choose us as their PR agency
The terms · ChicagoClause 1 · before kickoff
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The agreed coverage or your money back. Tiers, deliverables, and dates are on paper before kickoff, so nobody argues in month three about what was promised.
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We guarantee the work, not a particular reporter's yes, because no ethical agency can promise that. Anything paid rather than earned is labeled on the listing before you approve it.
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You work with senior people, and we reply in 1 to 2 hours.
Ali Raza · founder and CEO
Signed before the first pitch goes outProof
The numbers we bring to Chicago
Chicago buyers want to see that somebody outside the city has vouched for you.
Our Forbes program has secured 50+ placements across 12+ industries, and the first opportunity usually lands 4 to 8 weeks in. Campaigns are scoped and priced in writing before kickoff, the work is guaranteed, and a missed commitment means a refund rather than an apology.
1M+Brand impressions for Vezbi during its U.S. expansion, organic PR only
50+Forbes placements secured, across 12+ industries
4 to 8wksWhere a first Forbes opportunity usually lands
1 to 2hrsReply time, from senior people, not a ticket queue
The invoice
What PR costs in Chicago
Put a PR firm in Chicago on retainer and you are buying a month of activity, meetings included, usually staffed by whoever is free. Published 2026 guides put solo shops here near $3,000 a month, mid size firms at $12,000 to $25,000 and up, and full service agencies on large accounts past $40,000.
Our invoice covers placements only: publications from around $95, ranked listicle spots from around $400 by position, broadcast segments from $700 by market size, print pages from $1,400, Forbes campaigns priced in writing before kickoff. Nothing is bought until you have read the listing and approved it. See the full rate card.
Chicago, side by sideRetainer vs per placement
Chicago firms$12,000 to $25,000 a montha retainer, billed whether the work lands or not
AceIt, per placementFrom $95 a placementthe outlet, the position and the price, approved before any money moves
Forbes campaigns are scoped and priced in writing before kickoff
The beats
Industries we work with in Chicago
Manufacturers and industrial suppliers
Whose news moves through trade titles and the IMTS floor, never a lifestyle column.
Manufacturing PR agencyTrading firms and fintech
Where business desks want the numbers and the regulatory angle in the first paragraph.
Fintech PR agencyHealth systems and pharma
Where the story is the patient outcome and the data behind it.
Healthcare PR agencyFit
Who this is for
✓A fit
Founders and operators with a raise, a deal, a number, or a point of view nobody else in the category will say out loud. If there is no story yet, we say so on the call instead of selling you a retainer.
Questions
Asked before a Chicago campaign
Anything else, email [email protected] and it comes back in 1 to 2 hours.
Solo practitioners here start near $3,000 a month, mid size firms run $12,000 to $25,000, and full service agencies pass $40,000. We charge by placement: from around $95 for publications, $400 for listicles, $700 for broadcast, and a Forbes campaign priced in writing before kickoff. Miss the agreed targets and you are refunded.
Hire a publicist in Chicago when the name being promoted is a person and the work is daily. Hire a public relations agency in Chicago when the goal is company coverage: Crain's and the Tribune, trade titles, national desks, and the search visibility that comes with them. We do the second, and the targets are agreed before you pay for any of it.
No. Austin, Texas is our only office and Chicago accounts are run remotely by senior people. A reporter at Crain's has never asked which area code a pitch came from, only whether the story holds up. Judge us on the outlet list, not on a Loop lease.
Against the tiers named in your contract: which titles ran the story, how many people it reached, what happened to branded search and referral traffic, and how many buyer conversations started. The person sending the pitches writes that report every month, so nothing gets rounded up in translation.
You get your money back. Every tier, deliverable, and date is agreed before kickoff, and falling short of any of them triggers the refund rather than a make good campaign or a credit against next quarter. The clause is in the contract you sign.
Next step
Want the pitch list we would build for you in Chicago?
Book a 30 minute call. You leave with the angle, the outlets, honest numbers, and the refund clause in writing.
Backed by a 100% guarantee: the agreed results or your money back