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Andrew Welfle, 3/17/2006, 10:13:12 PM
Hello,
I'm thinking about starting a small business selling press credentials printed in color on plastic ID cards, much like most drivers licences and student IDs.
We're still in the planning stage, but we were thinking of it going something like this -- a newspaper wants to start an account with us, they pay a small fee up front, like $50 (as a deposit), and then they email us a design for their credential up front. After that, they email us a digital mug of the employee, the name, and an ID number if they want to, and $5 (or so), and we mail them the credential. For an extra fee, we'll include a plastic holder and a lanyard.
What do you think ahout this? Would your paper be interested in something like that?
Before I invest any capital, and buy a very expensive card printer, I want to put feelers out and see what student newspapers think about that: professional color press creds for about $5, and a four-day turnaround time.
Feel free to leave a post here, or email me at awelfle@comcast.net.
Thanks!
-Andy Welfle
Responses
Rob V., 3/20/2006, 9:02:06 AM
I think both the Associated Collegiate Press and College Media Advisers provide press passes to college (and high school) journalists. If I recall, they are very inexpensive, like $10 each. They don't use photos, though.
Rob Velella
Washington & Jefferson College
Marc Wood, 3/20/2006, 9:30:51 AM
The ACP badgeholders are $2 each, but there's a minimum order of 5. More info is available here:
http://www.studentpress.org/pubs.html
Joe Ruiz, 3/20/2006, 7:01:05 PM
We went ahead and designed our own (and printed them).
We used Indesign/Photoshop for the design (name, position, mugshot, paper address, etc.) and printed them on photo paper.
We then laminated the paper and punched a hole in the top and used a basic lanyard. Works great.
I'm not trying to shoot down the idea, it sounds like it'd be good for certain situations, but that's what we did.
I could probably scan mine and post a picture of it for ideas if somebody wanted.
Joe Ruiz
Managing Editor
The University Star
Texas State Univ.-San Marcos
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