Media Qualifications

You must be currently employed by a news publication OR you must be currently employed with a recognized (network, cable, independent) news organization. Television and radio stations must maintain a regular news department. You also may be required to submit credential information to support your qualifications. If so, HIMSS will contact you upon receipt of your media registration form.

Media credentials are given to members of the working media whose attendance at the conference may result in coverage, whether print or broadcast, of the efforts of HIMSS and its members.

Media Eligibility Criteria

Journalists will be required to submit supporting documentation as part of the registration process. Please review the criteria for your appropriate media category.


Business/Trade Publications and News Wire Services

  • Current masthead with your name
  • Two bylined articles published during 2006
  • Contributing editors and reporters must supply an original letter of assignment, on the organization’s letterhead, stating they have been retained to cover the 2007 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition

 

Broadcast Media – Television and Radio

  • An original letter of assignment on the organization’s letterhead

 

Freelance Writers

  • One bylined article on the topic of healthcare and/or healthcare information technology published from September 2006 – February 2007
  • An original letter of assignment on the organization’s letterhead stating they have been retained to cover the 2007 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition

 

Online Publications

  • The web site must provide original, editorial news coverage
  • Editorial content must be independent of advertising/sponsorship
  • An editorial board must oversee the site and its contents
  • Advertising must be identified as such
  • If the web site is sponsored, the site must have multiple sponsors. All sponsors must be identified as such
  • Personal web sites do not qualify for media registration
  • If above criteria are met, online media representatives must supply two bylined articles published on the web site during 2006

 

University/College Publications

  • Two bylined articles published from September 2006 – February 2007. An original letter of assignment on the organization’s letterhead from the university/college stating they have been retained to cover the 2007 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition

If you have questions or need more information, contact Sharolyn Rosier Hyson at 703-562-8819 or shyson@himss.org