PUBLICITY
Press
Personal invitations issued
Special invitations to publishers and editors in addition to reporters
“Teaser” releases for advance distribution
Release dates determined
Number of reporters attending determined
Press center facilities prepared, including:
Typewriters
Paper, carbon paper and envelopes
Pencils, pencil sharpener and ink
T a b l es
Telephones and telephone books
Wastebaskets
Chairs
Dictionaries
Clothes
Maps
Clock
Weather map (if appropriate)
Name cards for reporter’s desks, if appropriate
Blackboard
Telephone facilities
Water cooler and paper cups
Coffee urn and cups
Good lighting and extra bulbs
Adequate heating or cooling
Restrooms nearby
Electrical outlets
Extension cords
Personnel to clean press center
Personnel to assist reporters and photographers
Schedule of meals and location of eating places prepared
Communications advised: need for adequate telegraph facilities
Special media box to observe feature events
Transportation for correspondents
Convenient parking spaces for media and equipment
Passes and identification tags
Material/personnel for news briefings
Invitations to commander to attend news briefing
Programs/itinerary to media before the day of event
Additional programs and press kits available for distribution on arrival of
reporters
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