Getting fast approval of a timely upload

I shot some video that will be newsworthy today and only today. News organizations might want to buy one or more of these clips today for the 6PM, 10PM or 11PM news. (It shows the 3-year-old panda at the National Zoo in Washington receiving a special birthday cake, then eating it.)

Is there anyway to fast-track approval of three or four files so that they are available today?

Try emailing pond5 directly

I tried e-mailing the support address... no response as of 9:20PM.

I heard back at around 10PM and was told that a curator was alerted to my files and would address them quickly. Still, an hour later, they are not yet approved. So it looks like I missed the news window for today, except possibly in Hawaii.

I got a note at 4AM that the clips were approved.

I had an exchange with a support person, who said that the best way to expedite approval is to do what I did: Upload the file(s), then send a note to support asking for expedited approval.