text: Voice Message Format Templates
  MEDIA CONTACT REPORT [MEDIACOTREP]
  REPORT NUMBER: M025
  GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Use to inform commander and staff of non-credentialed, unescorted, or
  unregistered media. Reference: FM 3-61.
  LINE 1 – DATE AND TIME ____________________________________ (DTG)
  LINE 2 – UNIT _______________________________________________ (unit making report)
  LINE 3 – NONACCREDITED MEDIA ____________________________ (number of any unescorted,
  non-credentialed, or unregistered
  media representatives in AO)
  LINE 4 – UNESCORTED MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE ____________________________ (media information)
  A. NUMBER _____________________________________________________________________ (number unescorted)
  B. MEDIA AFFILIATION __________________________________________________________ (country or agency)
  C. LOCATION __________________________________________________________________ (UTM or six-digit grid coordinate
  with MGRS grid zone location)
  D.REASON FOR DETAINING _________________________________________________ (unescorted, non-credentialed, or
  unregistered)
  E.SOURCE ______________________________________________________ (large circulation newspaper,
  periodical, or national television:
  YES or NO)
  F.DURATION _______________________________________________ (duration in location in days)
  **Repeat lines 4a through 4f to report additional unescorted representatives. Assign sequential lines to succeeding
  iterations. For example, first iteration is 4a through 4f; second iteration is 4a1 through 4f1; third iteration 4a2
  through 4f2; and so on.
  LINE 5 – PAO ASSESSMENT___________________________________ (public affairs officer assessment)
  LINE 6 – NARRATIVE ________________________________________ (free text for additional information
  required for report clarification)
  LINE 7 – AUTHENTICATION __________________________________ (report authentication)
  Table A-84. Media contact report acronym and abbreviation key
  AO area of operations
  DTG date-time group
  MEDIACOTREP media contact report
  MGRS military grid reference system
  PAO public affairs officer
  UTM universal transverse Mercator