National Press Photographers Association

Media Access in Sporting Events

The 2007 Illinois state high school football championship game was a shut-out—of news photographers. In an article for the DePaul Journal of Sports Law and Contemporary Problems, Alicia Wagner Calzada discusses this case and others, and the issues involved.

Shut Out: The Dispute over Media Access Rights in High School and College Sports (PDF, 640 KB)

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