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Membership
Introduction
This page will tell you about the MBA, benefits of joining the MBA, explain the application process and provide a link to get you started if you decide to join. One caution, MBA membership dues are $25.00 a year, payable through PayPal; you must use the e-mail address associated with your PayPal account throughout the application process or we will not be able to process your application correctly. If you do not have a PayPal account (they're free), you should get one BEFORE you begin the application process. More on this below.
About the MBA
[Special Message for Bloggers Outside the United States]
Associate Membership ($25.00 a year)
Accredited Membership [available 1Q09]
Accredited members get all of the benefits described above for Associate members plus additional benefits. This is primarily designed for MBA Members interested in obtaining media credentials.
MBA Membership Application Process
LAST CHANCE
ONLY USE PAYPAL EMAIL
IMPORTANT: Our application process uses your email address to track your application and match your payment to your application so use the same address throughout the application process - the e-mail address associated with your PayPal account. If you do not have a PayPal account get one before you start the application process.
OK? Now, click the button to be taken to the NewsU site where you will register, take the course and the assessment. After you complete the assessment, you will click a button to send us your scores which will trigger an e-mail with further details on completing the application process.
This page will tell you about the MBA, benefits of joining the MBA, explain the application process and provide a link to get you started if you decide to join. One caution, MBA membership dues are $25.00 a year, payable through PayPal; you must use the e-mail address associated with your PayPal account throughout the application process or we will not be able to process your application correctly. If you do not have a PayPal account (they're free), you should get one BEFORE you begin the application process. More on this below.
About the MBA
The Media Bloggers Association is a nonpartisan non-profit organization dedicated to promoting, protecting and educating its members; supporting the development of "blogging" or "citizen journalism" as a distinct form of media; and helping to extend the power of the press, with all the rights and responsibilities that entails, to every citizen. The MBA welcomes all bloggers, pocasters, vloggers, citizen journalists and social media users as members regardless of what topics they write about, their point of view, their mode of publishing or broadcasting, their audience size, how long they've been blogging, who they know or where they live.
The primary purpose of the MBA is to protect the free speech rights of bloggers by educating them on the basics of media law as it applies to online publishers (bloggers) and online broadcasters (podcasters, vloggers), making available to them legal defense resources including access to dispute resolution services, lawyers and insurance to cover the costs of legal defense, appeals and judgements, as appropriate to a particular case, and otherwise protecting and advancing the cause of citizen media within the limits of the MBA Mission Statement.
All members are required to adhere to the MBA Membership Policies and are expected to aspire to the MBA Statement of Principles.[Special Message for Bloggers Outside the United States]
All MBA members must be complete the entire application process regardless of country of origin:
Associate Membership ($25.00 a year)
- Online Course in Media Law for Bloggers
- Discount on Liability Insurance from Media/Pro Insurance*
- MBA Legal Referral Program
- Full Access to MBA website
- Voting on MBA Awards
- MBA Newsletter (coming soon)
- MBA conferences and events
- MBA group discount program (coming soon)
- MBA Dispute Resolution Program
- MBA Virtual Press Conference (coming soon)
- Eligible to apply for MBA Accredited Membership
Accredited Membership [available 1Q09]
Accredited members get all of the benefits described above for Associate members plus additional benefits. This is primarily designed for MBA Members interested in obtaining media credentials.
- Additional Discount on Media Liability Insurance Program from Media/Pro Insurance
- Eligible for MBA Blogger Credentialing Program
- MBA tamper-proof ID
MBA Membership Application Process
1. Take the NewsU Course on Media Law for Bloggers*
2. Pass the Media Law for Bloggers Assessment (75%+)
3. Complete the MBA Membership Application Form
4. Agree to abide by the MBA Membership Policy
5. Pay $25 in MBA Annual Dues via using PayPal.
6. Add HTML code provided by the MBA to the main index page of your blog so the MBA logo is displayed on your home page.
*We feel so strongly that all bloggers take the course in media law that we do not want paying dues or joining the MBA to stand in the way of a blogger taking the course. So, we've done something that may seem a bit odd - put the course at the beginning of our application process. This means that before you apply for the MBA, we send you to NewsU where you need to register with them first. While the course is free, we encourage you to hit the NewsU "tip jar". The course ought to take about an hour to complete.
BEFORE YOU CLICK!!!
LAST CHANCE
ONLY USE PAYPAL EMAIL
IMPORTANT: Our application process uses your email address to track your application and match your payment to your application so use the same address throughout the application process - the e-mail address associated with your PayPal account. If you do not have a PayPal account get one before you start the application process.
OK? Now, click the button to be taken to the NewsU site where you will register, take the course and the assessment. After you complete the assessment, you will click a button to send us your scores which will trigger an e-mail with further details on completing the application process.