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Media Policies
Credential Requests
Requests for season credentials should be made
by Nov. 1. Requests for single-game credentials
should arrive no later than one week prior to the
first regular season game. Requests should be
made to:
Susan Lax
Associate Director of Media Relations
E-mail: slax0@uky.edu
Credential Policy
The University of Kentucky follows guidelines
set forth by the NCAA and the Southeastern
Conference governing the issuance of
credentials. Credentials for UK home games
are issued to authorized full-time, salaried representative
of, or a representative who regularly
and customarily performs services for, such an
entity and they are non-transferable.
As early as possible, credentials should be
requested in writing on company stationary and
must originate only from sports editors of newspapers
and national publications and/or sports
directors of radio and television stations.
Season credentials will be granted only to
daily newspapers and television/radio stations
that cover women’s basketball on a regular
basis, i.e. press conferences, and all home
games. Otherwise, television/radio stations,
weekly newspapers and national publications
will be granted credentials on a single-game,
space-available basis. In addition, no recruiting
services, Web sites, etc., will be credentialed at
the University of Kentucky.
Photo Credentials
Photo credentials will be issued only to
accredited media outlets - daily newspapers,
specialized publications and television stations.
Internet Credentials
Only the official Web site of each participating
institution and representatives of contractual
rights-fee paying media will be granted access.
Other media representatives not earning credentials
through the criteria listed above will not be
granted credentials to UK women’s basketball
games for the purpose of staffing a web site.
SEC Internet Policy
The University of Kentucky also abides by
the Southeastern Conference’s Internet policy
concerning real time transmissions of athletic
events (cont. on page 204)
Media Policies and Procedures
Media Services
News Conference — Coach Mitchell and
selected players meet with members of the media
in the press conference area of the UK Marketing
offices at schedule times to be announced.
Interview Policies-General — All interviews
with players or staff members must be
arranged through the Media Relations office.
Team locker rooms, and other team quarters are
private team areas. Media members are not permitted
in these areas unless accompanied by
appropriate University personnel.
Practice — Practice usually runs from 3-6
p.m. in the Joe Craft Center. Media planning to
attend practice should call in advance due to
changing practice schedules during the season.
Player and coaches interviews can be conducted
following each practice.
Telephone Player Interviews — Request
telephone interviews at least 24 hours in
advance through the Media Relations office.
Telephone requests will be returned when players’
schedules allow.
Radio Call-In Shows/Internet Chats —
As specified by the Southeastern Conference, no
players will be allowed to participate in live radio
shows or on live chat sessions on the Internet.
Coach Mitchell may participate in radio shows as
her schedule allows.
Postgame Interviews — Selected players
and both head coaches will be available to the
media following a 10-minute cooling off period
at the end of the game in the UK Press Conference
Room, located in UK Marketing Offices.
The visiting coach and requested players will
precede the home coach and players unless otherwise
specified. Each press conference will last
no longer than 15 minutes. SIDs from each
school should be asked to coordinate any other
interview requests.
Quotes will be available for all working
media in the UK Media Relations Office and on
the official UK web site, UKAthletics.com.
UKAthletics.com — The official Web site
for University of Kentucky Athletics is updated 24
hours before each game with the latest game notes.
Following each game, the site will post a
game box score with summary, postgame quotes
and notes from all home games and updated season
statistics.
Accessing Publicity Photos/Logos —
Media members wishing to obtain photos and logos
of the University of Kentucky women’s basketball
team may do so by utilizing the SEC’s Digital
Image Platform. Go to www.secsports.com/media
to access the platform, and click on the SEC Digital
Platform icon. Users have a choice of choosing various
sports photographs, logos, etc., that can be
downloaded automatically.
Wireless Access — Memorial Coliseum
offers free wireless internet service to media members.
To log on, open a browser window, go to
https://ukwg1.uky.edu, sign in as a Guest and
type in a valid email address.
To use the UK Wireless Network, you must
select the ‘ukyedu’ network name (SSID, service
set identifier) from the list of available wireless
networks that appear in your wireless card configuration
program, and WEP (wireless encryption
protocol) must be disabled.
For more information about wireless access to
UK computing systems, please see the Wireless
Authentication page (http://www.uky.edu/Wireless/authentication.html).
Telephones — Long distance telephone
lines are available in the media room in the Coliseum.
Fax machine service also is available.
There will be one telephone line available for visiting
radio personnel on the press row side of the
Coliseum. Two phone lines and an ISDN line
are provided for visiting radio on press row.
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