The Virtual Media Center for the Hajj Season

The Virtual Media Center for the Hajj is an initiative launched by the Ministry of Media in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to support media coverage of the Hajj season every year. Its goal is to enhance the integration of media efforts during Hajj, produce and provide content, and facilitate the tasks of media professionals covering the event from all over the world. It serves as an electronic platform through which virtual media services are provided to government agencies and media outlets. These services include statistics and figures related to the Hajj season, event coverage through photographers' lenses, live broadcasting, and documentation of the systems implemented to manage the event.

The concept of establishing the Virtual Media Center for the Hajj season stems from the government's aim to unify and intensify media efforts through a unified portal. This ensures optimal media coverage of the Hajj season, given the global interest in this annual event. The center keeps pace with events continuously through live broadcasts, photographic coverage, and news writing.

The center enables journalists to attend press conferences related to the Hajj season virtually, which are broadcast live in multiple languages. Additionally, any journalist registered with the Virtual Media Center can request any media service, such as conducting an interview with an official, inquiring about any media-related topic, or requesting data, information, and statistics related to Hajj activities.

The center provides media services to all professionals in the field and facilitates their media tasks, such as government entities and various media outlets. It does so by uploading high-quality recorded materials to the platform and enabling those interested in media coverage to perform their duties. This is achieved through registration on the virtual media center's electronic platform, which allows registration for all journalists from inside and outside the Kingdom.