"Joe AutoDrill" wrote in message
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Become a member of the press. g

Harde-har-har...

The definition of "press" is kinda vague in my mind. Bloggers could be
press in my book.

Not in theirs, for the most part. Keep in mind their purpose in giving
members of the press free entry: They want publicity coverage to promote
their shows, both before and after. If they think you'll provide that,
they'll give you a pass.

When I was working for metalworking magazines I'd write multi-page reports
that were sent to roughly 100,000 subscribers. That's what SME and the other
sponsoring organizations are looking for.


If you're not a magazine staffer, and if it's an SME show, you contact
the press office and tell them you're working on an article or a book.
They'll ask for whom. You'd better know. d8-)

I wouldn't lie... I'd simply explain the truth from my perspective.

Well, this isn't a government or legal function. The whole thing is entirely
at their discretion. They don't just hand them out because someone thinks he
deserves to be treated like the working press.


They can be expensive. That's where a press pass really pays off. Do you
have any published articles?

If I need to or want to hear it, the expense might not matter much...
Industrial stuff is always more costly than consumer stuff.

As for published articles - at least one that I know of but not in a
relevant field I'm afraid unless they consider non-malicious hacking's
historical viewpoint on-topic to their event... And the magazine was
certainly not industrial in nature at all.

No press pass for you, then. d8-)


I have my own web site and business and write a lot of stuff for public
use here in Northern, NJ. I'm sure I could pull it off legally and
morally if I needed to.

Moral, schmoral. What have you done for them lately? That's the question.


After all, I also write reviews from time to time for a metalworking forum
that is tied into the very backbone and origins of the internet. The
potential readership is HUGE too.... Rec.Crafts.Metalworking. G


No sale. So solly.

Enjoy the shows. Covering them for the press is hard work and it eats up a
lot of shoe leather. We did not particularly look forward to IMTS, because
it meant walking miles and miles ten hours every day for over a week,
listening to people promote their products, conduct interviews at high
speed, and try to shoot publication-quality photos on the run. I used to
carry up to 30 pounds of camera gear. It was a workout.

--
Ed Huntress