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Press pass

Meaning in journalism & media, with examples

nounCommon term

In journalism & media, press pass means: An official card or badge that shows someone is a working journalist and allows them into events, courts or areas closed to the public.

In Turkish: basın kartı, akreditasyon kartı, basın akreditasyonu

How it is used

Journalists apply for, show or wear a press pass; organisers issue or withdraw them. For one event the word accreditation is common: apply for accreditation to the summit. Also called a press card.

Example sentences

  1. Don't forget your press pass, or security won't let you into the stadium.

  2. Freelancers sometimes find it hard to get a press pass for big events.

Common collocations

  • show a press pass
  • apply for a press pass
  • press card
  • media accreditation
  • press conferenceA meeting arranged by a person or organisation where they make an announcement to journalists and usually answer their questions.
  • the pressNewspapers, magazines and news media as a group, and the journalists who work for them; originally the printing press used to produce newspapers.
  • freelancerA journalist, photographer or editor who is not employed by one organisation but sells their work to different outlets, usually piece by piece.
  • journalistA person whose job is to gather, write, edit or present news and information for newspapers, websites, radio, television or other media.

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