Press conference
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A press conference or news conference is a media event in which notable individuals or organizations invite journalists to hear them speak and ask questions. Press conferences are often held by politicians, corporations, non-governmental organizations, and organizers for newsworthy events.
Practice
In a press conference, one or more speakers may make a statement, which may be followed by questions from reporters. Sometimes only questioning occurs; sometimes there is a statement with no questions permitted.
A media event at which no statements are made, and no questions allowed, is called a photo op. A government may wish to open their proceedings for the media to witness events, such as the passing of a piece of legislation from the government in parliament to the senate, via a media availability.[1]
American television stations and networks especially value press conferences: because today's TV news programs air for hours at a time, or even continuously, assignment editors have a steady appetite for ever-larger quantities of footage.
News conferences are often held by
A press conference is often announced by sending an advisory or
News conferences can be held just about anywhere, in settings as formal as the White House room set aside for the purpose or as informal as the street in front of a crime scene. Hotel conference rooms and courthouses are often used for press conferences. Sometimes such gatherings are recorded for press use and later released on an interview disc.
Media day
Media day is a special press conference event where rather than holding a conference after an event to field questions about the event that has recently transpired, a conference is held for the sole purpose of making newsmakers available to the media for general questions and photographs often before an event or series of events (such as an athletic season) occur. In athletics, teams and leagues host media days prior to the season and may host them prior to special events during the season like all-star games and championship games.[2][3]
See also
- Media scrum
- Press videoconferencing
- Pseudo-event
- Message discipline
- Press release
- Press service
- Fact sheet
- Grassroots
- Public relations
- Science by press conference
Photos
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A press conference of the Tianjin Free-Trade Zone
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A joint press conference by (12 November 2004).
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Reporters raise their hand to signal that they wish to ask a question.
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The press conference of thenegotiations on Iran nuclear deal frameworkin Lausanne (2 April 2015).
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Brazilian PresidentPlanalto Palace(16 March 2015).
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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series team owners (from left-to-right, Richard Childress, Chip Ganassi, Rick Hendrick, and Richard Petty) during media day at Daytona International Speedway.
References
- ^ Canada News Centre – Centre des Nouvelles du Canada
- NBA.com. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- CBS Interactive. 25 October 2012. Archived from the originalon 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2013.