Dan Kelly
Journalist / Author/ Entertainment & Calendar Reporter·The Kansas City Star
Lee's Summit, United States, North America
Covers: Arts · Entertainment · Kansas City StarRecently activeReviewed Aug 2026
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Dan Kelly works as a journalist / author/ entertainment & calendar reporter at The Kansas City Star and is publicly associated with arts, entertainment and kansas city star, working into North America. Artists and publicists reach out when a release genuinely lands in that lane.
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Newspaper
Market
North America · Lee's Summit
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- The release story and why it fits The Kansas City Star.
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- Short. Put the hook in the first two lines.
- Send
- A music link with short, relevant context.
- Avoid
- Generic introductions and oversized attachments.
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What does Dan Kelly cover?
Coverage
- Arts
- Entertainment
- Kansas City Star
- Lee S Summit
Market
- Lee's Summit
- United States
- North America
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Who is Dan Kelly?
Dan Kelly is a Lee's Summit-based journalist / author/ entertainment & calendar reporter associated with The Kansas City Star. Their published work centres on Arts, Entertainment and Kansas City Star. Coverage runs through Newspaper. The audience sits primarily in North America. Journalist / Author/ Entertainment & Calendar Reporter · The Kansas City Star. Dan Kelly works as a journalist / author/ entertainment & calendar reporter with The Kansas City Star, based in Lee's Summit. Dan Kelly is journalist / author/ entertainment & calendar reporter at The Kansas City Star, based in Lee's Summit. Virtual Publicist does not yet have enough specific music-coverage evidence to place this profile in a genre or opportunity Collection. The topics that recur across their output are Arts, Entertainment, Kansas City Star, Lee S Summit and Lee's Summit, which is what makes them relevant to artists working in those areas. That work appears through Newspaper, so material should be prepared in a form those formats can actually use. Reach concentrates on North America, which matters when timing a release or a tour announcement. Role: Journalist / Author/ Entertainment & Calendar Reporter. Works at: The Kansas City Star. Based in: Lee's Summit, United States, North America. Campaign types: Press Feature. Lead with the story, not a generic introduction.Keep the email short and say in the first two lines why the subject fits Dan's newspaper coverage and the North America market. Attach nothing on the first email — link the music and one page of context. Everything on this page comes from public professional sources and is re-checked when the record changes; no private details are published.
- Role
- Journalist / Author/ Entertainment & Calendar Reporter
- Works at
- The Kansas City Star
- Based in
- Lee's Summit, United States, North America
- Campaign types
- Press Feature
- Territories
- North America, United States
- Languages
- English
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About Dan Kelly
Dan Kelly works as journalist / author/ entertainment & calendar reporter and covers Arts, Entertainment, Kansas City Star and Lee S Summit. Pitches that sit clearly inside that coverage are the ones worth sending.
Dan Kelly is based in Lee's Summit, United States, North America. Location matters for timing, local angles and which releases are realistically relevant.
No professional contact route is published for Dan on this page. Virtual Publicist shows contact options to members when a verified route exists.
Lead with the story, not a generic introduction.Keep the email short and say in the first two lines why the subject fits Dan's newspaper coverage and the North America market. Attach nothing on the first email — link the music and one page of context.
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