Indiana High School Athletic Association

9150 North Meridian Street, Box 40650, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240-0650

Phone: 317-846-6601    Fax: 317-575-4244    Website: www.ihsaa.org

Blake Ress, Commissioner

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MEDIA ADVISORY                                                            February 9, 2004

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director                                                                      

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

 

 

2004 GIRLS BASKETBALL STATE FINALS CREDENTIAL REQUEST

 

Outlets that have not made a credentials request for the 2004 IHSAA Girls Basketball State Finals are advised to do so immediately by filling out the attached form and sending it, with company letterhead cover page, via fax to 317-575-4244.

 

  • Requests received by 12:00 Noon, Wednesday, February 25, may be mailed if requested.  
  • If a representative from your outlet is going to be at the state finals press conference on Monday, March 1, please note that on your request and those credentials will be held for pick up while at the meeting. 
  • Otherwise, credentials will be held at Media Will Call on the Delaware Street side of Conseco Fieldhouse and available ninety minutes prior to game time.
  • If the application for credentials depends on having a team from the outlet's coverage area in the state finals, please indicate on the form.
  • The 2003-04 IHSAA State Finals Media Pass, issued earlier this school year, will NOT BE ACCEPTED for the girls’ basketball state finals.
  • Credential requests for the sectional, regional and semi-state tournaments must be made through the host school.
  • Credentials request deadline 12:00 Noon, Tuesday, March 2, 2004.   No requests will be honored after this date.

 

Radio stations that plan to originate broadcasts should make their request through Mark Higdon at Associated Sports Productions, 36 South Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, 46204. The phone number is 317-633-1462. The fax number is 317-633-1461.  Complete information on joining the IHSAA Radio Network is also available through Associated Sports.

 

Credentials should be requested for working personnel only and children are strictly forbidden in the press area. Abuse of these privileges will result in the immediate revocation of the credential and the possible denial of credentials to future IHSAA events to the media outlet. Your cooperation is appreciated.

 

 

 

 

2004 IHSAA GIRLS BASKETBALL

STATE FINALS CREDENTIAL REQUEST

 

Please return via fax

 with company letterhead cover sheet

 to Jerry Baker, IHSAA, 317-575-4244

Or mail to 9150 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN  46260

e-mails will not be accepted

 

Name of Contact

 

 

Name & Address of Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact / Phone number

 

 

Contact / e-mail

 

 

Media seats requested   (limit 2)

                                     names required:

 

 

 

Photographer credential requested

                                       name required:

 

 

Please mail the credentials

(deadline February 25)

 

YES          NO

 

Will pick up credentials at Monday (3/1) news conference at Conseco

 

YES          NO

 

Hold the credentials for pick up at Media Will Call, Conseco Fieldhouse

 

YES          NO

 

Credential request predicated upon participation by team(s) from our area.  Will be held at will call.

               (please list the teams)

 

Team 1:­­­­­­­­____________________________

Team 2:____________________________

Team 3:____________________________

Team 4:____________________________

 

 

 

2004 IHSAA GIRLS BASKETBALL STATE FINALS CREDENTIALS POLICY

March 6, 2003

 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis

 

Credential requests for the 2004 IHSAA Girls Basketball State Finals must be received at the IHSAA office by 12:00 Noon (EST) on March 2 to be considered within the priority list described below. Requests which meet that deadline and are granted will be mailed unless the outlet prefers a Media Will Call pickup at Conseco Fieldhouse or will be on hand at the Monday meeting before the State Finals on the following Saturday. Requests, except for live radio, should be made to the attention of Jerry Baker, IHSAA Sports Information Director. Requests must be on company letterhead and sent by mail or FAX. E-mail requests will not be considered.

 

As outlined in the 2003-04 IHSAA Winter Bulletin, requests for live radio broadcasts should be made to Mark Higdon, Associated Sports Productions, Inc., 36 South Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, 46204. Phone (317) 633-1462.  FAX (317) 633-1461.

 

The following order of priority will be in affect for credentials to the event:

 

SEATS FOR WORKING MEDIA

  1.  Newspapers (daily and weekly) and radio stations from a marketing area representing one of the eight competing 

schools, along with the IHSAA Networks, the Associated Press and the metropolitan Indianapolis radio stations and newspapers. Radio stations originating a broadcast will receive a maximum of two working spaces.

  2.  Television stations from the Indianapolis market and others representing a marketing area of a competing school who

are covering the tournament on a spot news basis. Stations will be granted a maximum of one working seat and two production passes.

  3.  Other Sunday newspapers, which will be granted a maximum of two seats.

  4.  Other daily newspapers with no Sunday edition, which will be granted one seat.

  5.  Other weekly newspapers, which will be granted one seat as space allows. 

  6.  Working space for out-of-state publications and broadcast outlets will be granted on an individual basis as space

allows. Outlets covering Indiana schools on a regular basis have priority (example: Louisville Courier-Journal).

  7.  Working space for monthly and other specialty publications will be granted on an individual basis as space allows.

  8.  Working space for non-originating radio stations will be granted as space allows and limited to one seat.

  9.  Working space seats for student radio stations will be limited to those representing a competing school, with a

maximum of two seats.

10.  Working space for websites will be on a space available basis only.

11.  Working space for student publications will not be available.

12.  Working space for recruiting publications will not be available.

 

PHOTO PASSES

1.       Priority will be given to the Associated Press, Indianapolis Star, and newspapers representing marketing areas from a participating school. A maximum of two passes will be granted.

2.       Photo passes for daily newspapers that do not have a participating school from their marketing area will be limited to one.

3.       There will be no photo passes for weekly newspapers except from those representing a marketing area of a participating school.

4.       As mentioned above, television stations covering the events on a spot news basis will be granted a maximum of two non-seated production passes. Stations from an area without a competing school will be granted credentials on a space-available basis.

5.       Photographers representing a student publication from one of the competing schools will receive a maximum of one photo pass per school to be used only when their school is playing its game in the finals. 

6.       Video photographers representing one of the competing schools will receive a maximum of one photo pass per school to be used only when their school is playing its game in the finals.