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These are the organisations that issue press cards, with definitions of the newsgatherers they represent:

BAJ
  • British Association of Journalists (BAJ)
    PO Box 79790
    London
  • NW11 1QT
  • Contact: Nigel Howard
  • E-Mail office@bajunion.org.uk
  • For Membership and Press Card Enquiries
    Please click to see the BAJ contact page HERE
  • Tel: 020 7353 3003 
BBC

Covers: TV, radio, staff and contract staff; national, regional and local 

BECTU
  • Broadcasting, Entertainment, Communications and Theatre Union (BECTU)
    New Prospect House, 
  • 8 Leake Street
  • London
  • SE1 7NN
    Contact: Kash Cheeta
  • e-mail: kcheeta@bectu.org.uk
  • 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: Jamie.Gordon@bfbs.com

Web Site: www.bfbs.com

Covers: Forces News

bppa

British Press Photographers’ Association
Suite 219,
2 Lansdowne Crescent,
Bournemouth
BH1 1SA

Contact: Jeff Moore
Enquiries: Joanne Turner
e-mail: presscards@thebppa.com

Web Site: www.thebppa.com

Covers: Freelance Photographers.

CH4

Channel 4
124 Horseferry Road,
London,
SW1P 2TX

Contact: Cibele Porto
e-mail: Cporto@channel4.co.uk
Tel: 020 7396 4444

Web Site: www.channel4.com/news/

Covers: Channel 4 News. 

CIOJ
  • Chartered Institute of Journalists (CIOJ)
  • PO Box 765, 
  • Waltham Abbey, 
  • EN8 1NT

Contact: Dominic Cooper
e-mail: memberservices@cioj.co.uk
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. 
EVCOM

Event & Visual Communication Association (EVCOM)

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: accreditation@fpalondon.org

Tel 020 7792 4565

Tel: +44 7775 806105

Web Site: www.fpalondon.org

Covers: Journalists from overseas media working in the UK 

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GBN

GB News
Riverbank House,
2 Swan Lane,
London,
EC4R 3TT

Contact: Charlie Al-Zaid
e-mail:Charlie.Al-zaid@gbnews.uk

Web Site: www.gbnews.uk

GTC

The Guild of Television Camera Professionals
Briar Cottage,
Holyhead Road,
Llanfairpwll,
Gwynedd,
LL61 5YX

Contact: Andy Reik
e-mail: presscards@gtc.org.uk

Tel: 0300 111 4123

Web Site: www.gtc.org.uk

ITN

ITN Ltd
200 Gray’s Inn Road,
London
WC1X 8XZ 

Contact: Hannah Taylor
e-mail: Hannah.Taylor@itn.co.uk

Tel: 020 7430 4895

Web Site: www.itn.co.uk

Covers: ITN News.

ITV

ITV PLC
White City,
201 Wood Lane,
London,
W12 7RU

Contact: Jacqui Bradley
e-mail: jacqui.bradley@itv.com

Web Site: www.itv.com

Covers: ITV stations

ltvn

Web Site: www.localtvnetwork.org.uk

Covers: Local TV Network.

NAPA

NAPA
c/o Cavendish Press,
5th Floor, The Landing,
Blue Tower, Media City UK,
Salford,
M50 2ST

Contact: Paul Stewart
e-mail: NAPA@presscards.co.uk

Tel: 01823 240747

Web Site: www.napa.org.uk

Covers: Regional and local news agencies in the UK and overseas. 

NMA

News Media Association (NMA)
2nd Floor,
16-18 New Bridge Street,
London
EC4V 6AG

Contact: Laura Skerrett
e-mail: laura@newsmediauk.org

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.

NUJ

National Union of Journalists (NUJ)
72 Acton Street,
London
WC1X 9NB

Contact: Paul Goldstaub
e-mail: paulg@nuj.org.uk
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: presscards@ppa.co.uk

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).

REUTERS

Thomson Reuters
30 South Colonnade,
Canary Wharf,
London,
E14 5EP

Contact: Nilufer Aygun
e-mail: Nilufer.Aygun@thomsonreuters.com

Tel: 0207 250 1122

Web Site: www.reuters.co.uk

Covers: Reuters issues to its staff only. 

SKY NEWS

Sky News
6 Centaurs Business Park,
Isleworth,
Middlesex
TW7 5QD 

Contact: Sara Sheriff
e-mail: sara.sheriff@sky.uk Tel: 020 7032 4577

Web Site: www.sky.com/skynews

Covers: Sky News television 

  • STV, 
  • Pacific Quay, 
  • Glasgow, 
  • G51 1PQ

Covers: STV

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