Imagination Media News Services is the future of news gathering in Washington.   In addition to your current national network bureau, we provide your local news station with a Washington, D.C. presence at a fraction of the cost of establishing and maintaining even a small bureau in the nation’s capital.

Whereas the network decides what story it will cover and leaves it to the affiliates to use the story or not,  Imagination Media will shoot and edit custom news content relevant to your local market and use new millennium internet technology to deliver it directly to your station.  Now every national story can have that local edge and every local story can have that national perspective.

Every day, representatives from all fifty states and hundreds of countries are working in and around Washington D.C.  Every day, your television news station covers local issues worthy of  input from your representatives in Washington.  However, getting a particular official on camera can be all but impossible when you do not have a D.C. based crew at your disposal.  Now you do.

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BENEFITS OF IMAGINATION MEDIA NEWS SERVICES:

• Cost.  Hiring us is much more cost effective and efficient than paying for your home town crew to travel to Washington, D.C. to cover a story specific to your local market.  We accept one-off as well as standard full-day and half-day photographer bookings.  We also have news teams available where we provide you a photographer and reporter who have Capitol Hill credentials and decades of experience navigating in and around Washington, D.C.   Our team will shoot, edit and feed you the story via internet upload.  Now you can get the Washington angle on your story covered by an experienced Washington news team and eliminate the cost of travel, hotel, expenses and the productivity cost of running short staffed while your crew is out of town.   Or if you do send your reporter to Washington,  we can provide the photographer/editor.  Give us a call or email and we’ll figure out the best and most effective option for you.

• One-off SOTs and VOs.  In addition to providing half day and full day reporter/photographer coverage, Imagination Media accepts la carte booking requests for single SOTs and VOs. At last!  Why hire for a crew for an entire day when all you want is one interview or a simple VO?  Whether it is a fully lighted sit down interview, an off-the-shoulder soundbite, or a full package complete with custom intro and tag, we have you covered.  Now you can finally get that much needed file footage of your area’s congress person in their DC office,  cover your local Spelling champ’s visit to D.C. for the National Bee,  or get an on-camera reaction to a local issue from your representative in Washington without having to book a crew for more time than you really need.  We can either ask your questions for you or your own reporter can conduct the interview via speaker phone.

• Stay ahead of your competition.  We provide your news station with a Washington, D.C. presence at a fraction of the cost of establishing and maintaining your own Washington bureau.  Imagine how surprised your competition will be when they start seeing custom footage and exclusive interviews from Washington on your broadcasts… not theirs.

• Market Exclusivity.  Only one station per market may enroll in our annual contracts so there is no conflict of interest or risk of redundant coverage.  Annual contracts are made on a first come first serve basis so be the first in your market to sign up and get the news edge over your competitors.

• Online delivery.  No satellite uplinks or fiber lines to worry about.  No expensive hardware to buy or complicated software to install on your computer network.  All you need is the high speed internet connection you already have and Quicktime.  Access and download your full broadcast quality HD or SD footage online via your own or our FTP server, Dropbox, Aspera account or other secure portal, and output it to your playback system, record decks, or non-linear editing system.  No longer worry about weather breaking up your satellite feed or waiting for the network feed service to send your story on an expensive fiber line.   And since the file is already in digital form, uploading to your website is a cinch.  But if, for some reason, you would REALLY prefer to have your story delivered via satellite or fiber we can provide that for an additional cost.