Attention AOPA 2005 Newsmakers!
The next AOPA Expo is
nearly upon us, and, if history is any indicator, it's likely that
some of you may have some news/announcements to make.
The Aero-News Network, the aviation world's DAILY news service,
is going to be webcasting live from the floor of the 2005 AOPA
Expo. An expert assemblage of ANN's top journalists, including ANN
Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell and Senior Editor Pete
Combs, have been assigned to generate dozens of stories about
the event, and to work on many more for future distribution to the
hundreds of thousands of people (all over the world) who read ANN
every day, and the many International syndication partners we work
with.
We would like to invite you to submit your press materials and
PR packages to us prior to the Expo in order to allow our team to
do as much advance preparation as possible and to get a feel for
the stories that will be prominent this year. The sooner we get
such data, the more we can do with it, and the more likely it is
that you'll find yourself featured in a future ANN newscast,
Aero-Cast or webcast. Submissions are strongly encouraged by E-mail
though postal "snail mail" is acceptable so long as it is received
in our office no later than October 31st. No aviation entity
currently gets to as many people, every day (and in as many ways),
as ANN is doing now, so we encourage you to get in contact with us
if you think you might have a story idea or a subject worth
covering.
If you have any ideas
or suggestions as to how we might augment our coverage, please be
sure to bring it to our attention ASAP, so that we make the proper
assignments for suitable stories.
ANN's Special Event coverage has been a distinguishing feature
of our organization since DAY ONE. No one does as much with special
coverage of aviation's pivotal events as ANN, and we continue to
set the bar higher each time we tackle an event. It's a tough,
exhausting, brutally intensive process -- and read by hundreds of
thousands of Aero-News readers all over the world.
Of special interest, this year, is the addition of ANN's
tremendously popular "Aero-Casts." Introduced at Oshkosh 2005, ANN
is now starting to offer a number of audio products (often known as
podcasts) that can be played on your PC or downloaded to an iPod,
MP3 player (or other audio device) for listening at a later time.
ANN's Aero-Casts are HIGH-QUALITY audio products (no kidding,
listen for yourself at http://www.aero-news.net/podcasts),
produced by expert journalists, and offer excellent production
values as well as exciting content and insight. ANN will be
Aero-Casting LIVE from the AOPA Expo, and if you have news worthy
of an Aero-Cast, we urge you to get in touch, RIGHT AWAY, with
ANN's Jim Campbell, for possible consideration.
'Want to make a timely
impact? As usual; ANN's team of expert aero-journalists will be
covering the Expo from top to bottom; and we'd like to let you lead
the news, with your announcements in Aero-News on the day
your news breaks, rather than a day late. We're inviting
you to send your advance news and announcements to us, with the
date (and the time -- Eastern Time -- if critical) you plan to
release the information. Our news publication system can be set to
release stories within a second of a scheduled release time, so we
can honor embargo agreements with uncanny accuracy.
If you need any additional detail, feel free to contact ANN's
Publisher, Jim Campbell, directly at publisher@aero-news.net.
Our main office number is 863-299-8680. Jim's cell number is
863-860-5790, though the 800-356-7767 number will forward to him
when away from the office.
Here's what we'd like you to help us with:
Please send us (to news@aero-news.net)
- YOUR advance announcement, with as much background as you think
we would be able to use
- A photo, or photos (the more, the better -- .jpg
preferred)
- A snappy quote or two
- The authorized release date (and time, if critical) of your
submission
- Booth/display numbers/ID or other location information
- Name(s) and number(s) of your contact person(s) (and cell
number, if possible)
We'll take it from there!
Thanks -- we'll see you at the show!