Media Accreditation
CI World Congress 2011: Press Credentials &
Guidelines
Press accreditation will only provide access to the Congress
venue for plenary and sub-plenary sessions on 4 and 5 May. Fringe
events, the General Assembly and the Congress social programme are
open to CI members and/or delegates only.
Accreditation can be granted at the Congress venue during the
event; however we strongly advise securing your pass in
advance.
To secure your press accreditation, please read the guidelines
below and send the required material and the completed Press
Registration Form to congress@consint.org with
the subject heading 'press accreditation request'.
Press credentials to cover Consumers International's World
Congress 2011 will be granted to journalists who are employed by
accredited news organisations, attending the event for the purpose
of editorial coverage.
Press credentials will be granted to media professionals from
the following:
- Newspapers, weeklies, and magazines
- Wire services
- Broadcast media
- Trade/specialist media: consumer, CSR, sustainability, finance,
health, food, technology, environmental, and development
publications
- Web media
- Freelance writers
- Issue-related blogs
Reporters and writers must provide proof of credentials to
receive a complimentary press badge to attend the Congress. CI
reserves the right to grant press privileges to individuals on a
case-by-case basis.
Required material for receiving official approval
For journalists:
- Media identification, such as an international accredited press
pass, issued by a recognised news organisation
- Business card clearly stating affiliation with and position
within a news organisation, ie editor, publisher, writer, reporter,
producer (this can be an email card or an official email
signature)
- Letter on official letterhead from the editor of a
publication/website or producer of a broadcast programme certifying
the affiliation, verifying assignment to the meeting, and including
the editor's contact information.
For freelance journalists:
Copies of, or weblinks to, bylined articles relating to the
following specialist subject areas: consumer, CSR, sustainability,
finance, health, food, technology, environmental and
development.
For journalism students:
- A letter on official school letterhead, signed by a department
professor, verifying assignment to attend the CI World Congress,
and including the professor's contact information.
For bloggers:
Bloggers must provide the URL for the website for which they are
writing; examples of posts that demonstrate recent coverage of
consumer rights-related issues. CI reserves the right to grant
bloggers press credentials on a case-by-case basis.
Press credentials will not be issued to the following
representatives:
- Advertising sales representatives of publications
- Spouses and other guests of journalists attending the
meeting
- Advertising, marketing, or public relations representatives
from exhibitor companies or agencies
- Representatives of organisations selling or producing
publications, video or audio tapes.
Individuals with complimentary press badges that violate CI
press policies will immediately forfeit press credentials to the
meeting as well as to any subsequent meetings.
Press policy violations include:
- Selling, marketing, or representing a company for the purposes
of obtaining advertising and/or subscriptions from any registrant
or exhibitor marketing a product or service displayed at a CRF
meeting
- Misrepresentation to obtain press credentials to cover
Congress
- Product promotion that implies CI, or a CI member organisation,
endorsement.