For members of the National Press Association
A laminated press pass card, an engraved metal badge, a framed-ready certificate and a car mirror hanger, with your name and member number on every piece.
$49 a year
New members get a free bonus year. Applying for membership is free.
Printed and shipped by the NPA. Kits are for approved members.
Design preview with sample name and member number. Photos of the finished kit will replace it.
Four pieces, one member number. Everything says plainly what it is.
Credit-card size, laminated. Your name, member number and dates on the front; a plain-language statement of what the card is and is not on the back.
A round member badge, engraved with your member number. Choose brass or steel.
Letter-size, ready to frame. Records your membership and dates.
Reads “NPA Member” with your name and number, and says it is identification only.
Brass finish
Steel finish
$0
$49 a year
Link to your blog, newsletter, bylines or social profile. It takes about two minutes.
Applications are typically reviewed within 24 hours. We email your membership confirmation.
Approved members can add the kit. We print your name and member number and ship it.
The kit identifies you as a member of a private association. It is not a government credential. It does not give you legal rights, parking or police-line privileges, or a right to enter any event or scene. Agencies, venues and organizers decide who they admit.
Before you rely on any card, read how press credentials actually work and what major cities require.
The kit is $49 a year, and new members get a free bonus year. Applying for NPA membership is free.
A membership certificate, a laminated press pass card, an engraved metal member badge in brass or steel, and a car mirror hanger with plain identification wording. Your name and member number are printed on each piece.
Approved NPA members. Apply free first. You qualify with a live blog or website, a newsletter, bylines in print publications, or a social media profile with an established audience.
No. It is a private association membership card. No U.S. law requires a journalist to carry a press pass, and agencies and event organizers set their own rules for who they admit.
No. The hanger identifies you as an NPA member and says so in plain words. It is not a parking permit and gives no police, government or access authority. Remove it from the mirror while driving where the law requires.
Yes. The badge comes in brass or steel.
The NPA prints and ships every kit.
Read our guide to how press credentials work and our city-by-city pages. They quote each agency’s own published rules and link to the source.