HOW TO APPLY FOR A PRESS BADGE
The Cardiovascular Research Foundation® (CRF®) presents several professional meetings each year in which researchers announce new discoveries, innovations, and clinical trial results. CRF® grants press credentials to journalists who are employed by accredited news organizations and wish to attend a meeting for the purpose of editorial coverage.
Properly credentialed members of the media (providing proof of credentials) receive complimentary press registration to TCT® 2025, as well as access to embargoed press materials, press briefings, and the press room. We invite those who are unable to attend in person to cover the meeting remotely.
CRF® reserves the right to grant or deny press privileges on a case-by-case basis; registration at previous CRF® or TCT® meetings does not guarantee approval for TCT® in 2025.
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A maximum of three (3) individuals per news organization will be permitted to register as press, unless CRF® grants an exception.
Reporters from the following types of news media are eligible to apply for press credentials:
- Newspapers and magazines
- Wire services
- Broadcast
- Trade: medical, science, pharmaceutical, cardiology, device, and allied health care publications
- Online
- Accredited freelance medical and science writers
Applicants must be directly involved in creating news content for an organization that meets these criteria:
- Publishes original news in a regular news section
- Reports news with complete editorial freedom from advertisers, funders, and/or sponsors
- If sponsored, has multiple sponsors (no single-sponsor media)
- Clearly identifies advertisers, sponsors, paid editorial, and other funding sources
PROOF OF ELIGIBILITY
Please be prepared to produce one of the following:
- Media identification (such as an international accredited press pass) issued by a recognized news organization.
- Business card clearly stating affiliation with a news organization (see above for qualified types of news media) and position (e.g., editor, publisher, writer, reporter, producer).
- Letter on official letterhead from editor of publication/website or producer of broadcast program certifying journalist’s affiliation and verifying assignment to the meeting (must include the editor's contact information).
- National Association of Science Writers or International Science Writers Association membership card.
- Letter on official school letterhead, signed by a department professor, verifying student’s assignment to the meeting (must include professor’s contact information).
- Copies of cardiology-related bylined articles and official letter of assignment from an accredited news organization.
- Current issues of the newsletter containing at least one bylined article covering cardiology; if a representative was registered as media at a previous CRF® meeting, one of the issues submitted must illustrate the resulting editorial coverage.
- Appropriate media credentials as noted above for journalists.
- Demonstration of the following: original editorial news coverage and editorial freedom from advertisers/sponsors or, if sponsored, multiple clearly identified sponsors (single-sponsor outlets are not eligible).
- URL of the website
- Posts that demonstrate recent coverage of cardiology topics of interest to physicians and/or general patient audiences
- Financial or industry analysts
- Advertising/sales representatives
- Spouses and other guests of journalists
- Advertising, marketing, or public relations representatives from exhibitor companies or agencies
- Representatives of organizations that produce publications, websites, video, and/or other media intended for internal use, marketing, advertising, financial analysis, or public relations
- Representatives of organizations whose main objective is to promote a product or service (e.g., marketing, advertising, financial, or public relations professionals)
- Industry representatives, representatives of in-house and industry newsletters or magazines, and representatives of corporate, university, or hospital public relations, advertising, or marketing departments
- Representatives of medical education companies attending CRF® meetings for the purpose of creating continuing medical education or other commercial educational content
- Physicians and other medical providers seeking Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit. We respectfully request that you acquire the appropriate paid registration to obtain CME credit/documentation
- Individuals reporting meeting news via social media only