Media Coverage Inquiries

Coverage of May Festival

The May Festival Standing Committee would like to broadly promote the value and presence of May Festival. In order to operate the May Festival safely and smoothly, we request all who consider coverage in May Festival to submit the applications. Only those who pass the screening process of the application contents will be allowed to cover the May Festival.

If you are considering covering the May Festival, please read the following information carefully and submit your application form. The Committee will review your application and inform you of the result regarding your acceptance to cover the May Festival.

Contents Applicable to Coverage

Any act of gathering materials related to the May Festival for publication to an unspecified audience is considered coverage. For example, the following contents are applicable:

Conducting interviews with Committee members, visitors, and project members
Taking photos and videos of Committee members, visitors, and project members and campuses
Taking pictures (recording a video or audio, taking a screenshot) of the official website and its contents

*Posting contents on video sharing services such as YouTube or TikTok, and public accounts on social networking services such as Instagram or X are also included.

Screening Criteria

Applications will be reviewed from the following criteria:

Whether the main focus of the coverage is relevant to May Festival
Whether the coverage does not prevent safe and smooth operation of the May Festival
Whether taken photographs or recorded videos do not primarily feature specific buildings on campus
Whether facts are not going to be changed or distorted in the process of editing the contents of the coverage
Whether the image of the University of Tokyo will not be considerably damaged

Cautions

The Committee may decline the coverage or ask you to leave the campuses if the following requirements are not met. Please check them carefully before submitting your application.

A written pledge is submitted.
All contents and procedures of the coverage are reported to the Committee in advance.
All articles or videos are checked by the Committee before they are published.
An appropriate care is taken to those who have not consented to be captured on camera.
A vehicle is not allowed to enter or park in the campus as a rule.

Flow of Coverage

Submitting the following application form for coverage

Deadline: May 14th (Wed.)

Application Form

Being screened by the Committee about the contents and procedures of the coverage

Receiving notification of the screening result and the coverage schedule

Having a pre-meeting with the Committee

Having a coverage

Having the Committee to check all articles or videos

(After the coverage)

*Personal information obtained from the application is only used for the work which relates to coverage at May Festival.

Contact

The 98th May Festival Standing Committee, the University of Tokyo

Email: media[at]gogatsusai.jp
(Please replace [at] with @)