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his month we have decided to show you how easy it is to submit content to the Defence
Forces, so that it may be used on our Social Media sites or in An Cosantóir and Connect.
he Defence Forces won the award
for 'Best Use of Social Media by a
State Body' in the Annual Social
Media Awards 2013 (AKA 'Sockies'), for the
second time in three years. It is a tribute
to the many Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and
Women who provide content to us for use
on all our platforms. It is also a great recognition for the efforts of a small group of
photographers, videographers and public
relations and press staff across the organisation, at home and overseas, who keep
all our content fresh, interesting
and responsive.
The DF manages
five Facebook
Pages (main
page, Air Corps,
Naval Service,
DF Training
Centre and
Recruitment).
We have
over 30,000 LIKES on our main Irish
Defence Forces Facebook page, so please
keep the photos and feedback coming.
We also operate three twitter accounts@
defenceforces, @dfpo and @dfarchives.
A big thank you to all our contributors
and followers. For Facebook please send
your photos to press@military.ie
M
ost DF events, exercises and
overseas missions photographed by PR Branch are
posted to our Flickr account DFMagazine: www.flickr.com/photos/dfmagazine and for older and more historic
photograph sets belonging to Military
Archives you can visit DFArchives:
www.flickr.com/photos/militaryarchives/
Enquires for Flickr can be sent to
photo@military.ie for Archives
archives@military.ie
We also have a Youtube channel:
www.youtube.com/user/DFMagazine
for information and advice contact
our Audio Visual staff audiovisual@
military.ie.
Writing articles
Ideally we would like articles submitted by
email or disc (CD/DVD). Hardcopy articles are
also accepted.
As a general rule, we look for 2 page articles
with 600 to 700 words per A4 page to allow
for 4/5 photos to accompany it. Larger articles
are considered, though they may be spread
over two issues or submitted to the 'Defence
Forces Review' publication with the author's
approval.
Sending in a photograph
When sending photographs in, especially by
email, please consider the following:
• Try sending the original image unchanged or unedited!
• File size: No less that 1.5Mb and no bigger
than 3Mb (as jpegs)
• Resolution: 300 DPI
• Dimension: 150x100mm
(6x4in) minimum
A
n Cosantóir was shortlisted in the Specialist
Media Pioneer Awards
2013 earlier this year, and we
couldn't have achieved this
without our staff writers,
regular contributors and your
submissions. We are always on
the lookout for a good story. All
material submitted should have
a military related topic or be
interesting to our readership.
Naturally, if you are sending in a
number of digital photographs,
burn them to disc and post in!
Clearly mark envelope 'CD
with Photographs'.
Also submit a short
note with details
like: Who, What, When, Where
& Why!
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What was the occasion?
When, Where & Why did it happen?
Who is in the photograph (left to right,
back to front, rank, first and surnames)
and also important - Who took it?
If sending in photographic prints, avoid
writing on the back of them.
For An Cosantóir & Connect send articles
and photos to magazine@military.ie or
connect@military.ie
www.military.ie the defence forces magazine
