The practicability of having a media centre, and the facilities that are put into it, will depend entirely upon the resources available to the electoral authorities. There is no doubt that if the finance is available to provide such a centre, then the quality of media coverage will improve. Gathering the media in a single centre makes many of the basic functions of media management - press releases, press conferences, briefings etc - much simpler. For many electoral authorities it is simply beyond their capacity.
A media centre could include some or all of the following:
- Telephones, faxes and internet connections
- Computers for media use, but also linked to a results service
- Television monitor screens
- Radio and television studios.
