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Apply For Dragon*Con Media Relations Today!

The Online Media Access Application for Dragon*Con Opens April 16, 2011. Every year Dragon*Con welcomes hundreds of reporters.  Every year Dragon*Con gets bigger and more amazing, and every year more reporters apply to cover Dragon*Con.   Because of our growth, Dragon*Con has needed to reconsider the qualifications for reporting at Dragon*Con and adjust the approval process. Not everyone who applies will be provided access.

Apply for Media Access Now!

When you apply for media access, please consider the following:

  • Media Access is for professional reporters and media that provides a significant national, local, or genre exposure
  • If you have covered Dragon*Con in 2011, ensure you have provided copies of the coverage to media relations
  • Your application will be thoroughly vetted, and it is likely you will be contacted to discuss the nature of your coverage
  • If you represent a significant voice in a particular genre of fandom (GateWorld, Dragonmount, etc), we will check with the appropriate track director on your impact in your genre/fandom
You will not qualify for Media Access if you are:
  • Bloggers or Podcasters with limited distribution
  • Individuals who work in non-reporting roles for media outlets
  • Convention photographers not on assignment from a media outlet
  • An individual who had been granted media access who can not provide proof of coverage
For more information see the Qualifications for credentials.

Apply for Media Access: : http://mediarelations.dragoncon.org/dc_media_rel_app.php

Thank you for considering covering Dragon*Con. If you have questions, please send an email for the fastest response to Dragon*Con Media Relations.

Posted in Announcements, Online Application.

By Director, Media Relations
April 15, 2012

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Dragon*Con Media Telephone Offline for a Short Period

We are unable to take phone calls on the Dragon*Con Media Relations number. Please use email to contact media Dragon*Con Media Relations.  We expect this situation to be resolved in the next day or two.

 

Posted in Announcements.

By Director, Media Relations
April 15, 2012

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Dragon*Con Media Relations Social Networking

Remember to Follow Dragon*Con Media Relations on Social Media:

Dragon*Con Media Relations Twitter
(https://twitter.com/#!/DragonConMedia)

Dragon*Con Media Relations Facebook Page
(http://www.facebook.com/pages/DragonCon-Media-Relations/117686263880)

Dragon*Con Media Relations Director On Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002780459182

Posted in Announcements, Social Media.

By Director, Media Relations
April 13, 2012

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Media Access Applications Open April 16th!

Dragon*Con Media Access Pre-Convention Applications will open on Monday, April 16, 2012!

Media Access is available to professional media outlets and outlets that have a large impact nationally or  internationally. Not sure if you’re qualified for Media Access? Check out the Qualifications page prior to completing your registration. Media Relations will only be accepting online applications for 2012.

Applying for Media Access does not guarantee Media Access.  While Media Access Passes are limited to media outlets with large impact, any reporter or outlets can still report on Dragon*Con. 

Dragon*Con, the largest multi-media, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film in the universe, Dragon*Con is unlike any other convention. With thirty-five fan based tracks, 3500 hours of panels, workshops, gaming, a parade, film festivals, an art show, comics and pop art, nightly concerts and parties, bands and DJs, tons of costumes, dealers, and exhibitors, Dragon*Con is four days of non-stop fun!

The Media Relations Team at Dragon*Con is staffed entirely by volunteers and provides numerous services to approved and credentialed media before, during, and after the convention. Approved members of the media will have exclusive access to the media-only hospitality suite in the Lennox Room at the Hyatt, pre-convention assistance in requesting and scheduling interviews, the Media Relations Interview Room, reserved media areas in select event and panel locations, and much much more.

Pre-convention registration will end August 1, 2012.   Limited onsite registration is available for local media with proper credentials and assignment letters on a case by case basis.

 

 

 

 

 

Posted in Announcements, Online Application.

By Director, Media Relations
April 12, 2012

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Dragon*Con Media Access Applications Opening Soon!

Dragon*Con Media Access Applications will be available online soon! Remember that for 2012, we will ONLY be processing applications online. You will need to provided your bona fides as a media outlet as always.

If you reported from Dragon*Con 2011, please make sure that we have copies of your 2011 Reporting.

Check back for updates on registration.

Posted in Announcements.

By Director, Media Relations
March 1, 2012

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Dragon*Con Response to Recent News Involving Former Chairman

It has come to our attention that  former chairman of Dragon Con Ed Kramer has been in the news recently.

Edward Kramer resigned from the Dragon Con Convention in the year 2000 after being indicted on felony charges in Gwinnett County.  He has not had any role in Dragon Con planning or activities since that time.

Since 2000 the convention has been managed by three of the other founders.  These men have been involved with the convention since the beginning.   They are chairman Pat Henry, and board members Dave Cody and Robert Dennis.  In that time the convention attendance has grown from less than 10,000 to over 46,000 this past Labor Day.

Pat Henry
Chairman
Dragon Con / ACE Inc

Posted in Announcements.

By Director, Media Relations
September 15, 2011

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Dragon*Con Media Relations Hours: The Lenox Room

The hours for Dragon*Con Media Relations offices at the Lenox Room of the Hyatt Regency are:

  • Thursday 2PM – 10PM
  • Friday: 8AM – 8 PM
  • Satuday: 8AM -7 PM
  • Sunday: 8AM – 8 – 7PM
  • Monday: 8AM -5PM

We have shortened the hours on Saturday and Sunday, as we have found there has been little need for staff after 7PM.

Every day will we stay until the last reporters needs are addressed.

The hours for the Media Interview Room are

  • Friday: 8AM – 8 PM
  • Satuday 8AM – 8 PM
  • Sunday: 8AM – 8 PM
  • Monday: 8AM – 2:30 PM

Welcome to Dragon*Con 2011.

 

Posted in Announcements.

By Director, Media Relations
August 31, 2011

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Limited Availability For Media Relations Until Dragon*Con 2011

Lenox Room Formally Opens September 1, 2011, 2:00PM

Dragon*Con Media Relations has begun preparations to set up shop at the Lexox Room in the Hyatt Regency For Dragon*Con 2011.  Beginning Thursday September 1, 2011, the best way to reach Media Relations is to contact them at the convention at the convention

The Lenox Room
265 Peachtree Street NE,
Atlanta, Georgia, USA 30303
Tel: +1 404 577 1234

Direct Line: 404-754-0115

Our staff is m0nitoring email constantly.  If you need to contact Media Relations before Dragon*Con, your first course of action should be email. Emails will be responded to as soon as it is possible.

Email: mediarelations@dragoncon.org

Media Interview Staff is in transition during this time, but will be updating the Iinterview Room Schedule based on emails to

 

Posted in Announcements.

By Director, Media Relations
August 30, 2011

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The Lenox Room in The The Hyatt

The Dragon*Con Media Relations Headquarters

The Centennial Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency

The Lenox Room of the Hyatt Regency is the Dragon*Con Media Relations HQ, and your first stop as a correspondent.  You will either go to the Lenox Room to pick up your badge if you are preregistered, or you will go there to begin processing your media access. Either way you will need to start at the Lenox Room.

To find the Lenox Room, go to the Hyatt Regency and proceed down to the bottom floor.  You can take the escalators or the elevators. This floor is called the Atlanta Conference Center, but it is also known unofficially as the motor lobby level.  We are located off the main central lobby to the Conference Center, not far from the motor lobby.

The three functions of the Lenox Room are:

  • To process badges for media
  • To provide customer service for media
  • To provide a central point of contact for media and the base of operations for the Media Relations Director

The Lenox Room
265 Peachtree Street NE,
Atlanta, Georgia, USA 30303
Tel: +1 404 577 1234

Posted in Announcements, Onsite Application.

By Director, Media Relations
August 29, 2011

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The 25th Dragon*Con Couldn’t Be Sweeter

The folks at the popular website Cake Wrecks love Dragon*Con, and every year Jen and John and the team put together a collection of awesome sci-fi and fantasy inspired cakes. Here is the collection for 2011:

Sunday Sweets: Ode to Dragon*Con

(We are asking permission to share an image or two.)

Posted in Announcements.

By Director, Media Relations
August 28, 2011

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