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Sharing news as it happens

Hopefully much of your planning will kick in. Those with roles to coordinate the media, photographers, livestreamers & spokespeople will know what they're doing and your action will be perfectly captured and the news of it spread everywhere.

Here are some more pointers for the day of the action...

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Photographers are free to shoot in whatever style they work in. All content is welcome. A few things to consider:

  • If the media attend your actions they won't rely on you to get images. In case they don't, make sure to provide them with a few great shots.
  • ConsiderYou'll also whatwant contentto wecapture canimages producefor that the media would not have access to. The behind the scenes of the action is as interesting at the action itself.
  • Think about how the content will be usefuluse on your platforms and on the XRUK social media channels. Again, how can we think beyond just showing what happened? Is there a deeper, richer story to be told through our images?
  • We are trying to put storytelling front and centre. To platform diverse voices. Photographers might be interested in capturing both images and words, such as a quote from a subject as to why they are there.

Check out our photographers briefingmedia. More guidance here.

Liaise with media on the ground during actions

If you see journalists and camera crews walking around, go over and say hello!

Introduce yourself, tell them who you are, ask if they need help with anything. Take their card and ask for their contact details to add to a journalist WhatsApp chat (if you have one). Or save them to your phone. It’s really important that we help media get to our trained spokespeople at every opportunity. Obviously, this isn’t always possible, but we should aim to have well prepared people in front of camera as much as we can. Keep an eye out!

For more guidance see Press and Spokesperson Guidance.

Livestreaming

See guidance here on Livestreaming

Share photos and videos

Encourage rebels to share live photos and videos to the XRUK Live Action Content Telegram channel. This is especially important if XRUK are promoting your action on UK-wide channels, because this is where they will look for content. But even if not, it's a great way to share your action with the movement.

For professional photograhers and 'competent amateurs', you can upload your photos directly to the XR Media Library.

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