Press passes are issued to individuals representing a recognized news organization, including freelancers who contribute to such organizations. To obtain a press badge, both photo identification (such as a driver's license or passport) and identification certifying that you are a working member of the print, broadcast or online media are required. Such identification includes press credentials, or a business card and samples of your work. All freelancers must present a letter of assignment.
Blogger Eligibility Bloggers will receive press credentials on a case-by-case basis. Include a copy of photo identification (such as a driver's license or passport) and a copy of press identification (such as press credentials or a business card) or a statement about your blog's intended audience and history. In addition, include copies of, or links to, three recent rheumatology or health-care science posts (posts demonstrating the blog's coverage of rheumatology science). Finally, all blogs must demonstrate the dissemination of original, editorial news coverage and editorial freedom from advertisers and/or sponsors (single-sponsored blogs will not receive credentials; blogs with advertising must have multiple advertisers clearly identified).
NOTE: Individuals who receive exhibitor passes are not eligible for press passes.
The ACR has the right to inspect the credentials of anyone registering in the Newsroom and reserves the right to refuse to register any individual as press.
Ineligible Registrants: The ACR does not issue press badges to: publishers or a publications' advertising, marketing, public relations, sales, circulation, or any other non-editorial function representatives; industry/exhibitor press officers and their public relations consultants; financial or business analysts; educational program developers (including CME writers and editors); trade media management personnel; or other individuals who are not actually reporting on the meeting.
Media who produce a communications vehicle that is sponsored by a single organization or whose revenue for the publication or issue of a publication depends solely on coverage of the ACR's meeting also are ineligible to receive press credentials. In addition, media who produce communications vehicle that uses the ACR's name or logo to imply endorsement from the ACR also are ineligible to receive press credentials.
The ACR prohibits the development of CME content based on information presented at its meeting. CME writers and editors, and those writers and editors working on behalf of organizations that have written CME based on ACR/ARHP Meetings, are not eligible for press passes.
Be advised that based on space requirements, the Newsroom reserves the right to limit the number of press badges issued to a media organization. Typically, no more than five press passes will be issued to any one traditional news organization and no more than two to any one blog.
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