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June 15, 2001

Rules Regarding Press Credentials at the NEA Representative Assembly

News media wishing to cover the NEA Representative Assembly must make application to the Manager of News Media Services. Applicants shall state in writing the names of radio station, television stations, or news-gathering organizations by which they are employed.

Credentials are restricted to bona fide working press. Credentials will not be issued to representatives of lobbying, special interest or advocacy organizations. Delegates to the NEA Representative Assembly are not eligible for press credentials.

To register and pick up credentials, each press registrant must provide photo identification AND current, valid press identification issued by federal, state, or local government, OR a letter from your editor/producer, on letterhead from a bona fide journalism outlet.

Each registrant must pick up his or her own credentials. Registrants without proper identification will not be admitted.

Press credentials provide the media representative with seating in the official Press Section of the Representative Assembly, attendance at NEA news conferences, admittance to exhibits, and use of the Media Filing Center. No visitors or family members are permitted inside the Filing Center or in the Press Section.

Those holding press credentials are not permitted on the floor of the Representative Assembly, except to walk to and from the Press Section. To facilitate the delegates' full attention to resolutions and other actions under consideration, no media interviews are permitted on the floor of the Representative Assembly.

Credentialed press shall not engage in lobbying, publicity, or promotion.

Violation of any of these provisions will result in revocation of credentials and removal from the building.

Please fax the following information to Kathleen Lyons at 202/822-7292 or e-mail information to klyons@nea.org

1. Name
2. Newspaper or news service
3. Where published
4. Telephone
5. Fax
6. E-mail

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