Press Definition

NATIONAL PRESS CLUB DEFINITION OF A MEMBER OF THE WORKING PRESS:

1. Work as a:

  • Reporter, editor, writer, publisher
  • Editorial or news cartoonist or artist
  • News photographer or videographer
  • Producer, president or general manager
  • Librarian, Web master or other editorial employee

For a publication, news service, broadcast outlet or news Internet site that is:

  • Regularly issued
  • Supported by advertising or paid subscriptions or published or funded by a non-profit organization
  • Operated with editorial independence from any political, governmental, commercial or special interest
  • Not a house organ of any organization or movement
  • Published primarily for the dissemination of news
  • Teach journalism at the college level as your primary professional activity and are an instructor, professor or dean
  • Are principally a non-fiction author whose work has been published by a commercial printing house

2. Teach journalism at the college level as your primary professional activity and are an instructor, professor or dean.
3. Are principally a non-fiction author whose work has been published by a commercial printing house.

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