These are the organisations that issue press cards, with definitions of the newsgatherers they represent:
British Association of Journalists (BAJ)
PO Box 742,
Winchester
SO23 3QB
Contact: For Membership and Press Card Enquiries
Please click to see the BAJ contact page HERE
Tel: 020 7353 3003
Website: www.bajunion.org.uk
Covers: Journalists in all media
- BBC PRESS CARDS
NBH 02 D,
Portland Place,
London,
W1A 1AA - Contact: Candida Harris
e-mail: [email protected] - Web Site: www.bbc.co.uk
Covers: TV, radio, staff and contract staff; national, regional and local
- Broadcasting, Entertainment, Communications and Theatre Union (BECTU)
New Prospect House, - 8 Leake Street
- London
- SE1 7NN
Contact: Kash Cheeta - e-mail: [email protected]
- Tel: 020 7346 0900
- Fax: 020 7346 0901
- Web Site: www.bectu.org.uk
Covers: Production staff and freelances in TV and radio. BECTU also covers independent TV and video production.
British Forces Broadcasting Service
Chalfont Grove,
Chalfont St Peter,
Buckinghamshire
SL9 8TN
Contact: Jamie Gordon
e-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.bfbs.com
Covers: Forces News
British Press Photographers’ Association
Suite 219,
2 Lansdowne Crescent,
Bournemouth
BH1 1SA
Contact: Jeff Moore
Enquiries: Joanne Turner
e-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.thebppa.com
Covers: Freelance Photographers.
Channel 4
124 Horseferry Road,
London,
SW1P 2TX
Contact: Liz Hudson
e-mail: [email protected]
Tel: 0207 306 3703
Web Site: www.channel4.com/news/
Covers: Channel 4 News.
- Chartered Institute of Journalists (CIOJ)
- PO Box 765,
- Waltham Abbey,
- EN8 1NT
Contact: Dominic Cooper
e-mail: [email protected]
Tel: 020 7252 1187
Web Site: www.cioj.org
Covers: Journalists in all media.
Council of Photographic News Agencies (CPNA)
Avalon Licencing Limited
333 Portobello Road,
London,
W10 5SA.
Contact: Gary Dunn
Tel: 020 7421 6000
Covers: National and international picture agencies.
Event & Visual Communication Association (EVCOM)
Unit K
Reliance Wharf,
Hertford Road,
London,
N1 5EW
Contact: Claire Fennelow
e-mail: [email protected]
Tel: 07985 251889
Web Site: www.evcom.org.uk
Covers: Users and suppliers of business communication and events.
Foreign Press Association (FPA)
Contact: Deborah Bonetti – Director
Contact: Kate McCure – Press Cards
e-mail: [email protected]
Tel 020 7792 4565
Tel: +44 7775 806105
Web Site: www.fpalondon.org
Covers: Journalists from overseas media working in the UK
Additional Information: Click HERE
GB News
Riverbank House,
2 Swan Lane,
London,
EC4R 3TT
Contact: Lucinda Duckett
e-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.gbnews.uk
The Guild of Television Camera Professionals
Briar Cottage,
Holyhead Road,
Llanfairpwll,
Gwynedd,
LL61 5YX
Contact: Andy Reik
e-mail: [email protected]
Tel: 0300 111 4123
Web Site: www.gtc.org.uk
ITN Ltd
200 Gray’s Inn Road,
London
WC1X 8XZ
Contact: Hannah Taylor
e-mail: [email protected]
Tel: 020 7430 4895
Web Site: www.itn.co.uk
Covers: ITN News.
ITV PLC
White City,
201 Wood Lane,
London,
W12 7RU
Contact: Jacqui Bradley
e-mail: [email protected]
Tel: 07889 007 197
Web Site: www.itv.com
Covers: ITV stations
- Local TV Network
Leeds Media Centre, - 21 Savile Mount,
- Leeds,
- LS7 3HZ
- Contact: Alison Twibell
e-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.localtvnetwork.org.uk
Covers: Local TV Network.
NAPA
c/o Cavendish Press,
5th Floor, The Landing,
Blue Tower, Media City UK,
Salford,
M50 2ST
Contact: Paul Stewart
e-mail: [email protected]
Tel: 01823 240747
Web Site: www.napa.org.uk
Covers: Regional and local news agencies in the UK and overseas.
News Media Association (NMA)
2nd Floor,
16-18 New Bridge Street,
London
EC4V 6AG
Contact: Laura Skerrett
e-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.newsmediauk.org
**News Media Association was formed due to a merger of the Newspaper Society and Newspaper Publishers Association**
Covers: Newspapers and their websites in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The NMA issues cards to freelance reporters and photographers whose work is known to editors.
National Union of Journalists (NUJ)
72 Acton Street,
London
WC1X 9NB
Contact: Paul Goldstaub
e-mail: [email protected]
Tel: 0207 843 3737
Web Site: www.nuj.org.uk
Covers: Journalists in all media. The NUJ also covers freelance photographers in the Association of Photographers.
PPA (Professional Publishers Association)
- Chancery House
- 53-64 Chancery Lane
- London
- WC2A 1QS
Contact: David Cobbald
e-mail: [email protected]
Tel: 0207 400 7506
Web Site: https://ppa.co.uk/resources/press-cards
Covers: Magazine and specialist media businesses publishing online and in print within the UK. Cards are only issued to businesses that are members of the PPA, or freelancers supported by them. Also issues cards on behalf of the BSME (British Society of Magazine Editors).
Thomson Reuters
30 South Colonnade,
Canary Wharf,
London,
E14 5EP
Contact: Shakeel Butt
e-mail: [email protected]
Tel: 0207 250 1122
Web Site: www.reuters.co.uk
Covers: Reuters issues to its staff only.
Sky News
6 Centaurs Business Park,
Isleworth,
Middlesex
TW7 5QD
Contact: Sara Sheriff
e-mail: [email protected] Tel: 020 7032 4577
Web Site: www.sky.com/skynews
Covers: Sky News television
- STV,
- Pacific Quay,
- Glasgow,
- G51 1PQ
- Nicki McCourt
- T. 0141 300 3192
- E. [email protected]
- W. www.stv.tv
Covers: STV
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