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ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS FOR JOURNALISTS

The attribution of accreditations to Social Communication is the responsibility of Loulé City Council, the organizing entity of the MED 2024 Festival.

 

1. Accreditation is granted for the MED 2024 Festival to:

  • Journalists representing local, regional, national or international media, upon presentation of a professional card;
  • Freelancers, with a professional card, upon presentation of it;
  • Freelancers without a professional card, upon presentation of a declaration by a Media Organization and/or upon presentation of an explanatory text describing the objectives of the work to be carried out at the Festival MED;
  • Bloggers whose sites are considered by the organization to be relevant for the promotion of world music.

 

2. Accreditation period

Accreditation requests must be made by June 24, 2024 using the following form:

Confirmation will be made using the email provided by Festival MED's communication services, where all information will be sent, thus ensuring inclusion on the accreditation list.

 

3. Accreditation survey

Accreditation must be collected from June 27, 2024, at the MED Ticket Office designated for this purpose, at Praça da República, in front of Cerca do Convento.

 

4. Accreditation user rights

  • Accredited journalists will be able to move freely through the several public spaces of the Festival, with the exception of the backstage and other reserved areas.
  • Journalists will only have access to the backstage after authorization from the organization.
  • Journalists will have access to the Press Zone, located next to the Cerca Stage, where they can count on the support of communication services, namely obtaining documentation and contacting musicians and other participants of the event for possible interviews. In this space, Wi-Fi will be available.

 

5. Obligations of the accreditation user

  • Accreditation holders will not be able to transmit the pass to another person or use it to introduce non-accredited people into the enclosure;
  • The circulation of accreditation holders in reserved areas is expressly forbidden.

 

6. Image capture

  • The organization will make available daily photographs of the different Festival MED initiatives to interested parties.
  • Accredited persons must respect any limitations on photographic coverage imposed by the organization's needs or the artists' requirements;
  • Accredited persons will not be able to make audio or video recordings without the prior authorization of the organization/artists.

 

NOTE: The Municipality of Loulé, as the organizer of the Festival MED, requests that after the event, the work on the Festival carried out by accredited journalists be sent to the email rita.pina@cm-loule.pt. Not fulfill this requirement may be a reason to not assign an accreditation in future editions.