IMPORTANT MEDIA DOCUMENTS
PRESS OFFICE PERMANENT CONTACT DETAILS
Rally Argentina Secretariat
Monseñor Pablo Cabrera 2256 – Barrio Lomas de San Martín
X5008HHJ Córdoba Argentina
Contact: Mr. Federico Amateis
Tel/Fax: +54 351 4872727 / 4872010 / 4877653
e-mail: prensa@rallyargentina.com
PRESS ACCREDITATION PROCEDURE
Media Accreditation for Rally Argentina 2013, 5th round of the World Rally Championship (WRC), is now open, and the Media representatives who wants to apply for a Media Accreditation can now send their applications to the Rally Argentina Press Office.
Deadline for argentineans medias is Wednesday, April 3rd. After this date no more applications will be received. For international medias, deadline is Wednesday, April 10th.
Those medias/representatives who wish apply for Media Accreditation for Rally Argentina 2013, must respect the following procedure:
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Rally Argentina, following FIA criteria, considers the Media Pass to be a working tool to be used only by bona fide members of the press. Only members of the press (journalists, photographers and cameramen) are allowed to wear one of this passes. For that reason, the procedures for the media accreditation, as defined by the FIA, will be adhered to all the times.
PRINTED MEDIAS / PHOTOTRAPHERS
General Criteria
1) A maximum of three (3) representatives (journalist and/or photographer) will be accredited for a single WRC round per media.
2) All publications must comply with the circulation and quality criteria of the FIA.
3) Under no circumstances will an advertising, public relations or comercial agency, or similar, be accredited as a media, nor will Rally Argentina issue any accreditation to representatives (press officers or otherwise) of sponsors, suppliers, teams, drivers, etc. All the accreditations requests for the above categories must be sent to the FIA.
4) WRC FIA Media Delegate can accept requests from private teams with priority drivers for their PR personnel. A maximum of one person accredited by private team can be accepted.
5) Publications must be available to the general public via retail outlets (trade, club or internal company magazines will normally not be accredited). However, at the sole discretion of the FIA, and where the quality and circulation criteria justify their consideration, such magazines may be eligible for accreditation on a case by case basis.
6) Applications of national publications will be discussed with the WRC FIA Media Delegate, based on the documentation submitted.
Argentinean Press – Procedure
Printed Media accreditation form must be sent, duly completed, with the following documents attached, before Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013:
1. A complete form for each media representative.
2. A formal letter, in headed paper and signed by the Media Director, including:
a. The name and function of the representatives who will be accredited in the name of the Media.
b. Publication data, like: circulation rates, frequency, monthly circulation, etc.
c. A valid fax number and an e-mail address to send the answer to the request.
d. A formal commitment letter from the Editor of the media to publish a daily, weekly or monthly report of the event (as applicable) and an estimated
date for this publication.
3. An original issue of the publication from the present year.
4. Originals or copies of Rally Argentina 2012 or others WRC rounds coverage articles, news or documents published in the cited media.
5. Freelance journalists must apply for credentials via their own agencies. The onus is on the freelance applicant to prove the supply of regular stories to at least five publications corresponding to the FIA accreditation criteria.
The cited documents and forms must be sent to:
Rally Argentina Secretariat
Monseñor Pablo Cabrera 2256 – Barrio Altos de San Martín
X5008HHJ Córdoba Argentina
Press Officer: Mr. Federico Amateis
Tel/Fax: +54 351 4872727 / 4872010 / 4877653
e-mail: federicoamateis@rallyargentina.com
prensa@rallyargentina.com
Two weeks before Rally Argentina maximum, those Medias who have apply for press accreditation will receive the confirmation via fax or e-mail with an accreditation agreement form that must be signed by the Editor of the Media and handed at the accreditation desk at the moment of collecting the media pases.
PHOTO AGENCIES
Photographers’ applications must follow the same criteria as stated above. Publications or agencies applying for single round accreditation must supply evidence of independent coverage of a minimum of 15 pictures per pass issued at each event they have been accredited for in the previous year’s Championship.
National press agencies as well as the local offices of all major international agencies (ex. AP, AFP, EFE, etc) will be accredited directly by the FIA
Comercial Photographers
Those promotional/commercial photographers of teams, sponsors, etc, must send the requests to rally@thesportsman.de
RADIO
General Criteria
1) A maximum of one (1) representative (journalist) will be accredited for a single WRC round per Radio. Only official Radio broadcasting live (2 Radio maximum) will be allowed to ask for more than one media pass under Organizer criteria.
2) All Radios must comply with the coverage and quality criteria of the FIA.
3) Applications of national radio will be discussed with the WRC FIA Media Delegate, based on the documentation submitted.
Argentinean Radios Procedure
Radio accreditation form must be sent, duly completed, with the following documents attached, before Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013:
1. A complete form for each media representative.
2. A formal letter, in headed paper and signed by the Radio Director, including:
a. The name and function of the representatives who will be accredited in the name of the Radio.
b. Radio data, like: coverage area, Rally and/or sport programs or specials of the Rally Argentina, etc.
c. A valid fax number and an e-mail address to send the answer to the request.
d. A formal commitment letter from the Director of the Radio to broadcast daily reports of the event and an estimated time for this broadcast.
The cited documents and forms must be sent to:
Rally Argentina Secretariat
Monseñor Pablo Cabrera 2256 – Barrio Altos de San Martín
X5008HHJ Córdoba Argentina
Press Officer: Mr. Federico Amateis
Tel/Fax: +54 351 4872727 / 4872010 / 4877653
e-mail: federicoamateis@rallyargentina.com
prensa@rallyargentina.com
Two weeks before Rally Argentina maximum, those Medias who have apply for press accreditation will receive the confirmation via fax or e-mail with an accreditation agreement form that must be signed by the Editor of the Media and handed at the accreditation desk at the moment of collecting the media pases.
WEBSITES MEDIA
General Criteria
1) A maximum of one (1) representative (journalist) will be accredited for a single WRC round per Website Media.
2) The cited website must demonstrate a truly interest in the following of WRC rounds in general and Rally Argentina in particular
3) Facebook pages or social networks will not be accredited as those are not considered as a Media.
4) Applications of national websites will be discussed with the WRC FIA Media Delegate, based on the documentation submitted.
Argentinean Websites Procedure
Websites accreditation form must be sent, duly completed, with the following documents attached, before Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013:
1. A complete form for each media representative.
2. A formal letter, in headed paper and signed by the Website Director, including:
a. The name and function of the representatives who will be accredited in the name of the website.
b. Website data, like: monthly visits ranking, Rally Argentina or WRC dedicated sections, etc.
c. Url links to articles published by this website about WRC or Rally Argentina.
d. Press card of the accredited journalist.
e. A valid fax number and an e-mail address to send the answer to the request.
f. A formal commitment letter from the Director of the Website to publish daily reports of the event and an estimated media plan for this.
The cited documents and forms must be sent to:
Rally Argentina Secretariat
Monseñor Pablo Cabrera 2256 – Barrio Altos de San Martín
X5008HHJ Córdoba Argentina
Press Officer: Mr. Federico Amateis
Tel/Fax: +54 351 4872727 / 4872010 / 4877653
e-mail: federicoamateis@rallyargentina.com
prensa@rallyargentina.com
Two weeks before Rally Argentina maximum, those Medias who have apply for press accreditation will receive the confirmation via fax or e-mail with an accreditation agreement form that must be signed by the Editor of the Media and handed at the accreditation desk at the moment of collecting the media pases.
TELEVISION
All TV requests must send their requests, with no exception, to the following e-mail address rally@thesportsman.de, specifying the event (Rally Argentina 2013) for which you want to apply for an media pass. This prescription applies for those websites wishing to broadcast moving images too.
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
Requests from international media should be made via the online accreditation system on www.fia.com before Wednesday, April 10th, 2013.
NO ACCREDITATION PASS CAN BE COLLECTED WITHOUT THE REQUIRED DOCUMENT.
ANY APPLICATION RECEIVED AFTER THE MENTIONED DEADLINES, INCOMPLETE OR FAXED WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
For further information please don’t hesitate to contact Rally Argentina Secretariat.
