Dragon Con Media Relations

September, 1 – September, 5 Atlanta, GA

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Media Applications Open March 14!

Dragon Con 2016 Media Access Applications open on March !4. IF YOU WERE APPROVED AND ATTENDED DRAGON CON IN 2015, Remember that you need to register your media coverage by March 14. Do not send your coverage via email. Do not send your coverage via Tweet. Do not send coverage via Facebook. Only registered reporters […]

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Email Blast: Dragon Con 2015 Numbers

Thank you all for attending Dragon Con 2015. We are looking forward to your outstanding coverage! We have a quick report with some numbers:   Attendance: Just over 70,0000. Amount Raised for Lymphoma Research Foundation: $100,000 so far.  (Last year when Dragon Con ended we estimated $98K raised for the Atlanta Community Food Bank, and […]

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Dragon Con 2015 Media Update #6 (6 of 6)

  Dragon Con Media Relations Opens in 9 Days on September 3, 2015! This week’s topics: How to Contact Media Relations until Sept 3 How to Contact Media Relations Sept 4-7 Pub Crawl! How Do I Get My Badge? Too Late For Interviews? No! New Opportunities Available! New Reporter Walk Through! New Podcast: Reporters Strike […]

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2015 Media Relations Podcast #7: At The Con

With one week left to go before Dragon Con, the Dragon Con Media Relations managers get together to answer those common questions that we get every year. Jessica Parker-the registration manager for Dragon Con Media Relations, Samm Douglas-interview manager and Dragon Con Media Relations Assistant Director, and Dan Carroll-Media Relations Director and Spokesperson for Dragon […]

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Dragon Con Reporter’s Pub Crawl!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1499186200374135/ Wednesday, September 2 at 7:00pm Dragon Con Media Relations Volunteer Deena Roth will be guiding reporters through the host hotels while regaling them with facts and interesting information about Dragon Con 2015 and Dragon Cons past! Along the way there is plenty of time to stop for a libation and some conversation with the […]

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2015 Media Relations Podcast #6: Reporters Strike Back – 2015

This week Spencer Perry (Superherohype.com and comingsoon.net) and Renee Cooper (The Aficionados) join me to talk about reporting from Dragon Con from two perspectives: the established media reporter who adds convention coverage and the start up online reporter with a local focus. Together they share great insights into covering Dragon Con. Dan Carroll Media Relations Director […]

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DCTV Releases New Parody Video

Dragon Con Media Relations is happy to share this new video by Dragon Con TV. There’s a new Star Wars movie coming out … this makes the folks at DragonConTV wonder how it will all turn out. Are the fans excited? How does George Lucas feel? Can JJ Abrams dance? All this and more will […]

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Dragon Con 2015 Media Update #5 (5 of 6)

To our 2015 Reporters and Photojournalists: On behalf of our attendees, guests, staff, and volunteers, thank you for putting Dragon Con on your events calendar! We are excited about each and every one one of you coming to Dragon Con this year. These updates will be sent out on Mondays from now through August 25! […]

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RECORD CROWDS EXPECTED IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA FOR DRAGON CON 2015

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:     8/18/14 Contact: Phone:   Email: URL: Greg Euston, Director, Public Relations 404-775-0285   greg@mcgraweuston.com www.dragoncon.org    Dragon Con General 2015 final   RECORD CROWDS EXPECTED IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA FOR DRAGON CON 2015 Cosplayers, Gamers and Pop Culture Fans Return for Annual Fantasy, Sci Fi & Gaming Convention More than […]

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Dragon Con Parade Route 2015

The annual Dragon con parade is not only a fan favorite, but one of our favorites as well. To better accommodate parade spectators, the parade will have a new, longer route. Beginning at the intersection of Peachtree Street and Linden Avenue, the parade will head south on Peachtree, east (left) on Andrew Young International Boulevard […]

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