What are the categories of press cards? Issued by which department?

Journalists are classified according to the nature of their work into text reporters, photojournalists, broadcast reporters, television reporters, and online reporters;?

According to the content of their reports, they are divided into Political reporters, military reporters, economic reporters, cultural and educational reporters, science and technology reporters, sports reporters, etc.;?

By region, they are divided into local reporters, foreign reporters, special correspondents, etc. News organizations also hire special reporters outside the establishment for special interviews and reports or interviews and reports in specialized regions and departments.

According to job classification, the job sequence of Chinese journalists is divided into four levels: assistant reporter, reporter, chief reporter, and senior reporter.

There are many types of press cards. They are all uniformly printed and issued by the General Administration of Press and Publication, and stamped with the seal of the General Administration of Press and Publication, a special seal for press card issuance, and a special seal for the annual review of press cards. Only the official seal of this news organization is valid. No other unit or individual may make or imitate press cards, or make or issue other official credentials exclusively for interviews.

Some organizations claim that after participating in their training, you can obtain press cards and other credentials, which is not credible.

Extended information:

The General Administration of Press and Publication will uniformly renew press cards for news organizations across the country starting from February 25, 2009.

The new version of the press card adopts anti-counterfeiting and improvement measures in five aspects:

1. Anti-counterfeiting technology

The new version of the press card mainly uses paper anti-counterfeiting, There are no less than 15 types of anti-counterfeiting technologies in four aspects, including pattern anti-counterfeiting, ink anti-counterfeiting, and binding line anti-counterfeiting.

The main anti-counterfeiting technologies include: watermarks, security threads, fluorescent fibers; vector guilloche shading, relief shading, dot matrix anti-copying, gravure latent image, microtext secret marking, text screening; light refraction Symphony ink, UV fluorescent ink; UV fluorescent anti-camouflage stitching, etc.

Compared with the 2003 version of the press card, anti-counterfeiting technologies such as security threads, fluorescent fibers, dot matrix anti-copying, text screening, color-changing pearlescent ink, and laser marking are mainly added.

(1) Paper anti-counterfeiting

·"GAPP" watermark paper;

·Personalized security thread with fluorescence;

·With fluorescent fiber.

(2) Pattern anti-counterfeiting

(3) Ink anti-counterfeiting

(4) Binding line anti-counterfeiting

2. Improve the annual inspection of documents Logo design

The new version of the press card has adjusted the annual inspection logo that was originally concentrated on one page to five pages. After the annual inspection is completed every year, the annual inspection label will be pasted on the annual inspection page of that year. The annual inspection label is produced using fragile paper and is sticky. It can no longer be completely uncovered after being attached, and it can play a very good anti-counterfeiting function, and the validity period of the certificate is marked on the label, which strengthens the annual inspection work and thereby strengthens the management of press cards.

3. Added the design of the serial number of the certificate

In order to strengthen the management of blank certificates, each new version of the press card is printed with a unique serial number. The database must be registered and kept by a dedicated person, and the management responsibility of all blank press cards must be assigned to one person to avoid the loss of blank press cards.

4. Press card information will be printed in a centralized manner and collected in a unified manner

For press cards renewed this time, press card information will be printed uniformly at the management unit, and the press card information will be uniformly printed by the news unit from the management department. Collect them to ensure that the contents of all press cards are accurate, and at the same time avoid the mismanagement problems that occurred after news units received blank press cards in the past.

5. Improve the quality of the certificate

The new version of the press card has been improved in terms of material and processing technology.

·The new version of the certificate uses high-strength pure PVC as the cover

·The inner pages are printed with RMB watermark paper containing fluorescent security threads and fluorescent fibers

· The press card sample passed the high and low temperature test from minus 20 degrees to 60 degrees above zero and the three-month wear-resistance test

Various experiments show that the quality of the new version of the press pass has been significantly improved and can meet the needs of journalists. It is suitable for interview work in various harsh natural environments. It is durable, easy to carry, and has the characteristics of waterproof, anti-folding, and non-deformation.

Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia-Journalist Card