FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Phone: Email: URL: Dan Carroll, Director, Media Engagement404 692 1958 dancarroll@dragoncon.orgwww.dragoncon.org DRAGON CON EXPANDS ESPORTS WITH ADDITION OF SKILLSHOT’S ATLANTA OPEN 2019 Gaming Release (PDF Version) Skillshot Atlanta Open Stops at Dragon Con to Host Tournaments, Meet-and-Greets, and VR Open Play Dragon Con adds 200 Peachtree to its 140,000 Square Feet of Gaming […]
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DRAGON CON BRINGS 85,000 FANS TO ATLANTA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Phone: Email: URL: Dan Carroll, Director, Media Engagement404 692 1958 dancarroll@dragoncon.orgwww.dragoncon.org DRAGON CON BRINGS 85,000 COSPLAYERS, GAMERS, AND POP CULTURE ENTHUSIASTS TO ATLANTA 2019 General Release (PDF Version) The Streets Will Be Alive! … with Zombies, Superheroes, Villains, Stormtroopers, and Other Characters from Fantasy, Sci-Fi, & Gaming ATLANTA – August 22, 2019 – Dragon […]
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As always, we recommend you check the website (http://www.dragoncon.org/mediarelations), look at past updates on the website, and listen to the available podcasts for many of the topics you may be interested in. If you can’t find information, send us your questions! Mediarelations@dragoncon.org For registration and administration questions dancarroll@dragoncon.org For information about the convention or to arrange an […]
Read the rest of this entry »DCMR Podcast 8 2019: Interview Updates
This week, we talk to Erin Behnke (interviews@dragoncon.org) about updates regarding interviews. This is a very short podcast and the big take away is: Interview Requests for Guests not in the Walk of Fame close on August 29! You have plenty of time to get your requests in. Here are some of the Dragon Con […]
Read the rest of this entry »Afua Richardson Special Signing at Dragon Con Announced!
Dragon Con Comics Guest Afua Richardson is a local Atlanta comic book artist who continues to excel in her craft. Many Dragon Con attendees recognize her work from the very well loved badge she designed for Dragon Con in 2017. Alfua was recently commissioned by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment to create two designs for […]
Read the rest of this entry »Media Applications: Closed for 2019
Media Access Applications for 2019 are closed. Onsite registration as media is available for local Atlanta news and broadcast outlets or nationally significant new outlets. If you have a question about this policy, please direct your question to mediarelations@dragoncon.org.
Read the rest of this entry »DCMR Podcast 7 2019: The Greenbriar Room/Horror & Urban Fantasy
Download Podcast Join Samm Douglas, Dragon Con Media Relation’s Director, as she takes over the podcast to prep reporters on what happens when a reporter comes to Dragon Con! Great for first time reporters and returning veterans. She is joined by her co-host, Dragon Con Media Engagement Manager Dan Carroll, who also interviews Derek and […]
Read the rest of this entry »DCMR Podcast 6 2019: SciFi & Fantasy Lit and Xtrack
This week we are joined by Xtrack Director Leigh (also host of the 50 Days of Dragon Con Podcast) and by Sue of Science Fiction Literature and Cisca of Fantasy Literature. We discuss the the new website move and the exciting things happening in these three tracks at Dragon Con. Download podcast. Links: www.dragoncon.org/mediarelationsApply before […]
Read the rest of this entry »NEW WALK OF FAME GUESTS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Phone: Email: URL: Dan Carroll Director, Media Engagement 404 692 1958 mediarelations@dragoncon.orgwww.dragoncon.org NEW WALK OF FAME GUESTS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS 2019 Guests for Interviews (PDF Version) Walk of Fame-Approved Media Are Invited to Request Interviews with Actors ATLANTA – August 13, 2019 – Over the past few weeks, Dragon Con, the internationally known pop […]
Read the rest of this entry »Dragon Con Adopts GrowTix Ticketing Platform
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Media Contact For GrowTix: Dan Christensen dan@growtix.com Media Contact For Dragon Con: Dan Carroll, Director, Media Relations 404 692 1958 dancarroll@dragoncon.org www.dragoncon.org DRAGON CON ADOPTS GROWTIX PLATFORM FOR MEMBERSHIP SALES Dragon Con Adopts Growtix Platform (PDF Version) Online Purchases for Full and One-Day Memberships in 2019 Will Shorten, Speed Up Registration Lines. […]
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