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Event Information 6-7:30 p.m. PST, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004.
Broadcast live by CNN.
Bovard Auditorium, University of Southern
California campus, Los Angeles
Media Credentials -- Deadline: Feb. 23, 5 p.m. PST
-- Written requests on letterhead must include
for each working journalist:
-- Name
-- Social Security number and date of birth
-- Title/position
-- Media organization
-- Postal and email addresses
-- Office, cell and fax numbers
-- Supervisor name, title, telephone and
email address
-- Whether a work space in the filing room
will be required
-- Whether telephone/Internet services will
be ordered through Soapbox Systems
-- Fax or email requests to:
Siobhan Spain
Los Angeles Times
Fax: 213-346-8451
siobhan.spain@latimes.com
-- Only full-time print, broadcast and online
news media staff (editorial) are eligible
for credentials. No guests.
-- Credentials are not transferable.
-- Two of the following forms of identification
must be presented to pick up a credential:
-- Current year network photo I.D. or news
media credential issued by a law
enforcement agency, e.g., Los Angeles
Police Department, Los Angeles County
Sheriff's Department
-- Valid state driver's license
-- Passport
-- Credentials grant admission to the media
filing room, spin room and stand-up locations.
Only media pool members will be allowed into
Bovard Auditorium.
Telephone and
Internet Service Deadline: Feb. 20, 5 p.m. PST
News organizations must establish their own
telephone and/or Internet services for the media
filing room on campus.
All telephone and/or Internet services must be
ordered and paid for in advance online at
www.websoapbox.com or by phone at 703-750-2141.
To ensure that your services are established in
time for the Feb. 26 debate, please place and pay
for your order by 5 p.m. PST, Friday, Feb. 20.
Note: News organizations will be responsible for
providing their own phone sets.
Soapbox Systems will provide a high-speed Wi-Fi
wireless Internet access "hot spot" within the
media filing room. Reporters using a laptop, PDA
or other Wi-Fi 802.11b wirelessly enabled device
may order wireless broadband Internet access for
a flat fee.
Reporters without an 802.11b wireless-enabled
device may order broadband Internet access for a
flat fee. Access will be provided via a
hard-wired Ethernet line.
Pool Photo
Requests Alan Hagman Tom Stathis
Los Angeles Times Associated Press
213-237-6324 213-626-2500
alan.hagman@latimes.com tstathis@ap.org
Fred Prouser
Reuters
310-663-4132 (cell)
fredprouser@attglobal.net
General Media
Parking -- Parking lot, Shrine Auditorium
(649 W. Jefferson Blvd.). Enter from 32nd St.
near Figueroa St. No general media parking
on-campus.
-- Gate opens at noon.
-- Limited media parking available on a first-come
basis. Hosted by USC.
-- Proper media credentials must be presented for
free parking.
TV Truck Parking -- Limited on-campus parking for TV trucks
(microwave and/or satellite) broadcasting
from USC
-- Available on a first-come basis along Trousdale
Parkway near stand-up area.
-- Early access: Begins at 8 a.m. PST, Feb. 26.
-- Enter: Gate 5 on Jefferson Blvd. at McClintock
Ave., east of Vermont Ave.
-- To access this area:
-- TV truck license plate numbers must be
provided by noon, Feb. 25.
Contact: Siobhan Spain, Los Angeles Times,
213-237-5782.
-- Current media photo ID must be presented.
-- Crew members intending to use the stand-up
location must obtain debate media
credentials at the media check-in desk.
-- Equipment must be attended at all times.
Stand-up Location -- Near northeast corner of Bovard Auditorium
at the on-campus intersection of Trousdale
Parkway and Hellman Way.
-- Hours: 2 p.m. to midnight
-- Limited TV truck parking will be available
near this location.
-- No passenger vehicles will be allowed to park
in this area.
-- No supplemental power will be provided.
-- Cable throws:
-- TV truck parking area to stand-up location:
Up to 300 feet
-- Truck parking area to spin room:
Up to 1,000 feet
-- All cables must follow a designated,
clearly marked cable path that also
includes two flights of stairs.
Media Check-in -- Media check-in desk and security screening
station will be located on Hellman Way between
Bovard Auditorium and Taper Hall.
-- Hours: 2-7 p.m.
-- Media representatives must pick up their own
credentials.
-- Two of the following forms of identification
must be presented:
-- Current year network photo I.D. or news
media credential issued by a law
enforcement agency, e.g., Los Angeles
Police Department, Los Angeles County
Sheriff's Department
-- Valid state driver's license
-- Passport
Media Filing Room -- Only for debate-credentialed print and online
reporters filing from the debate. No guests.
-- Location: North Gym, second floor, Physical
Education Bldg., USC campus
-- Hours: 2 p.m. to midnight
-- Entrance: Media check-in station.
-- Seating is limited and on a first-come basis.
-- News organizations intending to send more than
two reporters should contact David Garcia,
Los Angeles Times, 213/237-4715.
-- News organizations must establish their own
telephone and/or Internet services
(Soapbox Systems) for the media filing room on
campus. Deadline: 5 p.m. PST, Friday, Feb. 20.
-- Television monitors will be provided for debate
viewing.
-- Multbox will be available to radio outlets. No
video excerpting permitted.
-- Reporters requiring special assistance, e.g.,
elevator or parking access, should contact
Elijah May, USC University Relations, at
213-740-6951 or emay@usc.edu.
Spin Room -- Ground-floor lobby (Hellman Way entrance) of
the Annenberg School for Communication,
located across from the Physical Education
Bldg.
-- Hours: 2 p.m. to midnight
-- Only debate-credentialed media will be allowed
into the spin room.
-- Television monitor will be provided for debate
viewing.
-- Equipment must be attended at all times.
-- Candidates and their press aides will be
invited to the spin room. Briefings will be
conducted at the sole discretion of each
campaign.
-- Cable throw from spin room to TV truck parking:
Up to 1,000 feet. All cables must follow a
designated cable path that includes two
flights of stairs.
-- Broadcast-quality lighting will be provided.
-- USC will make faculty experts available for
interviews:
-- Perceptions of candidates and leadership
-- Political communications and politics
-- International policy, Iraq
-- Budget, jobs and immigration
-- Contact USC News Service: Gilien Silsby at
213-740-4751 or silsby@usc.edu or Usha
Sutliff at 213-740-0252 or sutliff@usc.edu
USC Annenberg
School Student
Volunteers Journalism students will be available to support
news organizations with their on-site coverage.
Contact: Tim Burgess, USC Annenberg Internship
Coordinator, at 213-740-3912 or tburgess@usc.edu.
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