Paris 2024 Media Information

PARIS 2024 INFORMATION FOR MEDIA

 

Press accreditation


Written press and photographers

Each National Paralympic Committee (NPC) was allocated a limited number of press accreditations for issue to press organisations and/or freelancers within its own territory. Therefore, representatives of written and photographic press who wish to apply for press accreditation must contact the NPC within the territory where their organisation is based. Please click here to access the contact information for each NPC.

All photographers accredited for the Paralympic Games must sign the Photographer's Undertaking. The Paris 2024 Photographer's Undertaking will be published on this page at a later stage. For reference, please find here the Tokyo 2020 Photographer's Undertaking. 

Press organisations with operations across multiple territories or those unable to request accreditation through an NPC should send their request to media.accreditation@paralympic.org from April 2023 and prior to 31 May 2023.

Non-rights-holding TV and radio broadcasters

Applications for accreditation from non-rights-holding TV and radio broadcasters (ENR) organisations will be managed directly through the IPC. 

Deadline to request accreditation was 31 May 2023.

The IPC will contact each applicant and inform the status of their request by end of June 2023.

Please note that only news media outlets (TV and Radio) will have their application taken into consideration. ENR accreditations are limited in number and a request received by the IPC may be successful, partially successful or unsuccessful.

Successful ENR applicants will have to abide by the Radio and Television News Access Rules. They will be required to sign an agreement related to these Rules ahead of the Games in order to have their accreditation granted.

News Access Rules are designed to protect the exclusivity of broadcasters that have paid for rights while permitting fair access for ENRs to broadcast highlights for news purposes. The document clearly outlines the rules that apply to coverage by ENR organisations, as well as venue access rules and restrictions within the host city and country.

Please note that accredited ENRs are not entitled to film or record audio in any competition venue or the Paralympic Village. In these specific venues they shall work as written press journalists.

Paris 2024 News Access Rules will be published on this page at a later stage. 

All updates on the press accreditation process for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will be published on this page, so we advise to check it regularly. 

Paris 2024 Press Accreditation process

The press accreditation process for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will officially start in March 2023 when the IPC will officially notify NPCs of their press accreditation quota allocations.

Press accreditation for the Paralympic Games is only allocated to media professionals.

Key dates – Paralympic Games Press Accreditation

Date

Activity

Week of 27 March 2023

Paris 2024 will send "Press by Number" forms to the NPCs.

The IPC will begin taking requests from non-rights-holding broadcasters for accreditation.

31 May 2023

Deadline for non-rights-holding broadcasters to request press accreditation from the IPC.

21 June 2023

Deadline for the NPCs to return their "Press by Number" form to Paris 2024.*

Week of 4 December 2023

Paris 2024 will send a "Press by Name" Accreditation package to the NPCs.

15 May 2024

Deadline for the "Press by Name".

June 2024

Paris 2024 Accreditation Department distributes the pre-valid Paralympic Identity and Accreditation Cards (PIAC) to National Paralympic Committees to send to their press organisations. 

28 August - 8 September

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

* Please note that some NPCs may set an earlier deadline for members of the press to request accreditation. 

Press accreditation categories

Category

Description

E - WRITTEN PRESS JOURNALIST 

This includes the following roles; Journalist, editor, photographic editor, employed or contracted by an international or national news agency, a general daily newspaper, a sports newspaper, magazine or internet site, a digital journalist, or independent or freelance journalist under contract.

Es - WRITTEN PRESS SPORT SPECIFIC  JOURNALIST

Journalist specialising in a sport on the Paralympic Games programme, meeting the same criteria as defined for category “E”.

EP - PHOTOGRAPHER

Photographer meeting the same criteria as defined for category "E".

EPs - SPORT SPECIFIC PHOTOGRAPHER

Photographer specialising in a sport on the Paralympic Games programme, meeting the same criteria as defined in category “E”.

ET - TECHNICIAN

Accreditations in this category are limited to technical support personnel of major news agencies, news organisations and/or photo agencies only.

ENR – NON-RIGHTS HOLDING BROADCAST ORGANISATION

Member of a non-rights-holding radio and/or television organisation.

Contacts

If you have any questions, please contact media.accreditation@paralympic.org.

Radio and TV rights-holding broadcasters, please contact broadcast@paralympic.org.