media day
Reporters interview athletes
Media day is an organized event where athletes, coaches, or other public figures make themselves available to journalists for interviews and photographs, typically before a season begins or ahead of a major competition.
Teams and leagues schedule media days to generate publicity and give reporters access in a controlled setting: The rookie answered the same questions a dozen times during media day.
The term extends to similar events in entertainment and politics.
- pressApply force downward
- press conferenceOrganized media Q&A
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
- interviewFormal questioning session
- spotlightConcentrated illumination source
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- publicitypublicity, PR, press conference, publicist, press release
- sports mediaplay-by-play, Bob Costas, commentary, Dick Vitale, interview
- footballfootball, touchdown, field goal, quarterback, end zone
- Basketball EventsNBA Finals, playoffs, championship, finals, EuroLeague
- Industry Eventsaward show, awards show, film festival, premiere, red carpet
- pregamewarmup, warm-up, stretching routine, stretching, pep talk
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Scheduled sporting event
match day · race day · fight night · opening night · championship game
media daymedia blackout
Suppression of press coverage
private practice · blackout period · off day · seclusion · rest day
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