Advertising & Sponsorship Opportunities
SPONSORSHIP
A variety of sponsorship opportunities are available at UNITY ‘08. Please contact
rwhite@unityjournalists.org for more information on any potential partnerships.
ADVERTISING
UNITY ’08 has many advertising opportunities available. Please contact
rwhite@unityjournalists.org. for more information on any of the opportunities listed below.
SPONSOR A TEXT MESSAGE AT UNITY '08
Reach thousands of attendees at UNITY '08 through text messaging! UNITY has great advertising opportunities for your company that will swiftly publicize your event within seconds. Check out the options below:
- Daily Highlights Texting: Sent twice a day, these text messages will include highlights of events for that day, including the plenary sessions, breakfasts, the Presidential Candidates Forum and more! Be a part of all the exciting moments at UNITY ’08 with your company’s name sponsoring the text message. Only three daily highlights will be sent per day, one for the morning, one for the afternoon and an evening edition.
Sponsorship price: $2,000 per sponsored message
- Daily News Texting: Sent from the THE UNITY NEWS® Convergence Student Projects, these text messages will include daily news highlights from the convention newsroom. Only two messages will be sent per day.
Sponsorship price: $2,000 per text message
- Schedule Updates Texting: Promote your sponsored event or workshop at UNITY ’08 by sending a custom text message to the UNITY ’08 Text Message List.
Sponsorship price: $1,000.00 per 1 text (maximum 4 per day)
Text messaging opportunities are available on Wednesday July 23 through Saturday, July 26. Please contact rwhite@unityjournalists.org for more information.
UNITYNews
The UNITYNews is the newspaper of the student projects. Published four times during the convention, the newspaper covers convention news as well as the host city. All UNITYNews advertisements are black and white.
Half Page/4 placement $10,000 - 62 picas wide x 48 picas height
Half Page/2 placement $5,000 - 62 picas wide x 48 picas height
Quarter Page/4 placement $8,000 - 30 picas wide x 48 picas height
Quarter Page/2 placement $4,000 - 30 picas wide x 48 picas height
Please contact rwhite@unityjournalists.org for more information.
Advertising deadline is Wednesday, July 16.
Online Advertising
Banner advertisements will be available on the main registration site for UNITY ’08. Banners will rotate with other companies on the page. The webpage will be accessed by all online registrants for UNITY ’08.
Rotational Banner $1,500 per one week period.
Television Advertising
15 second television spots will be available for purchase to reach UNITY '08 registrants in their hotels, the shuttle buses or McCormick Place West. These advertising opportunities will allow your company to reach attendees and leave them with a quick and powerful message about your company, and advertise other places that your company will be during the convention, e.g. workshops and Media Showcase and Career Expo booths.
15-second ad for student news broadcast (limit 3 per day) - $1,500/spot/day
15-second ad for shuttle buses (limit 5 per day) - $1,500/spot/day
15-second ad for hotel program (limit 3 per day) - $1,500/spot/day
Please contact rwhite@unityjournalists.org for more information.
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MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Materials required for Program Book
• Black and White Ads—Film negatives, right reading, emulsion side down, 133 or 150 line screen with crop and registration marks. High-resolution digital proof or paper positive required at a minimum linescreen of 85.
• Color Ads—Film negatives, right reading, emulsion side down, 133 or 150 line screen with crop and registration marks. Chromalin or match print proof is required. Film supplied without a color proof will not be accepted.
Digital File Submission Specifications
• Media accepted—Macintosh compatible 3.5 Floppy Disk, Zip Disk (100MB), Jaz Disk (1GB), DVD-ROM, or CD-ROM.
• Document formats—Macintosh compatible, QuarkXpress 4.0 or later, Adobe Illustrator 7 or later, Macromedia Freehand 7 or later, PageMaker 6.5 or later, Photoshop 6 or later. Microsoft Word or Publisher files are not accepted.
• Graphic formats—All graphics/logos/images should be included on the disk and must be in either .eps or .tif format at a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. All colors must be converted to CMYK (*except black text); no PMS/Pantone colors.
• Font formats—All screen and printer fonts must be included and be PostScript Type 1 or 2 format. Fonts included in .eps images must be converted to outlines/paths. *Black text 12 pt, or smaller should be black only. (C=0%, M=0%, Y=0%, K=100%). Ink density not to exceed 300.
PLEASE NOTE: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Publisher and Adobe Pagemaker or Freehand files will not be accepted. The publisher cannot be held responsible for problems on press caused by incorrect PDF files. If you need assistance with your ad creation, contact Rahnesha White at (703) 854-3587 or rwhite@unityjournalists.org.
Important Notes
• All advertising is subject to the approval of UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc.
• Payment on an ad space is due on April 30. All prices are net.
• All signed agreements are firm. No cancellations are accepted.
• No agency commission or cash discounts accepted.
