Press Pass Terms

Version 2026-11-12. These terms cover the Media List Press Pass and the Verified Journalist badge. The Media List Terms of Service also apply. Where the two differ for the Press Pass, these terms win.

Media List reviews the information and links you submit and confirms whether they meet our published-work criteria as of the review date, and gives you design files that show that result. That's the whole service.

1. What the service is

The service is limited to two things. (a) A review, on one date, of the information and links you submit, against our published-work criteria. (b) Design files that show the result of that review. We give no other service, advice or ongoing duty.

2. Your information

You confirm that everything you submit is true, yours and complete. Any verification based on false or borrowed information is void from the start.

3. No promises

The service and the files are provided as is. We don't promise that any person, organizer, venue, official or police will accept, recognize or honor them.

4. You alone are responsible

Media List takes on no legal responsibility of any kind for you or for your use of the service. You agree that you alone are responsible for

your own actions, conduct and safety
printing, carrying, showing and using the files
finding out about and complying with every law, regulation, order and rule that governs you, where you live, where you work and anywhere you show or use the files. That includes press, privacy, recording, trespass and identity laws.

Media List gives no legal advice and makes no statement that any use is lawful anywhere.

5. Uses that aren't allowed

Any one of these ends your verification at once, with no refund.

Presenting the files as government-issued, official or police-related.
Claiming you work for, or are backed by, an outlet that hasn't said so.
Changing any part of a file, including removing or covering a disclaimer or the QR code.
Using the files to get access, money, favors or information by deception.
Letting anyone else use your files.

6. You cover our costs

You agree to cover Media List's losses, costs and claims that come from your use or misuse of the files, or from false information you submitted.

7. Limit of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, Media List's total liability for anything related to the service is capped at the amount you paid for it. Media List isn't liable for indirect, incidental or consequential losses.

8. Withdrawal

We may withdraw a verification at any time, for any reason, including misuse reports or a failed yearly check. A paid term ends when we withdraw a verification for misuse or false information, with no refund. The QR code on every file always shows the current status.

9. Payment, renewal and cancelling

Event Pass, $49. One-time. Lasts 30 days and never renews.
12 months, $99. Renews every 12 months at $99 until you cancel. We email you 30 days before each renewal, and you can cancel any time with one click.
24 months, $149. One-time. Lasts 24 months and never renews.
36 months, $199. One-time. Lasts 36 months and never renews.

You pay only after you're verified. We check your published work again every year. The 12-month pass renews only if that check passes and these terms haven't changed since you accepted them. If they have, we ask you to accept them again instead of charging you. To stop a renewal, use the link in the reminder email or the button on your Press Pass page. Refund requests go to support@medialist.com and are decided case by case.

10. Not a membership

Buying a pass doesn't make you a member, employee, agent, contributor or representative of Media List.

What every file says

NOT AN OFFICIAL OR GOVERNMENT ID. Not a legal credential, license, accreditation or proof of employment. Grants no access, rights or privileges. Based only on information the holder submitted to Media List as of the issue date. The holder is solely responsible for their actions and for following the law. Scan the QR code for current status.

This document was designed by Media List from information the holder submitted. Media List reviewed that information against its published-work criteria on the issue date and found that it met them. That's all this document shows.

Media List relies on the holder's information being true and complete. Media List doesn't confirm the holder's identity beyond the checks described on medialist.com, and doesn't confirm that the holder works for, writes for or is backed by any outlet. It doesn't show that the holder is licensed, accredited, insured or approved by any government, union, outlet, event or other body.

This document grants no right to enter any event, venue, scene, building or restricted area, and no exemption from any law, order or rule. Organizers, venues, officials and police make their own decisions and shouldn't rely on this document alone.

The holder alone is responsible for their own actions and for complying with every law and rule that governs them, wherever they are. Media List takes on no legal responsibility for the holder. The holder alone is responsible for how this document is printed, shown and used, and for everything they do while carrying it. Media List isn't responsible for any use or misuse of it, or for any loss, harm, claim or cost that comes from it. Media List may withdraw a verification at any time. The QR code always shows the current status, and a withdrawn or expired document has no meaning at all.

Questions go to support@medialist.com.