Section 5(1) in Orissa News Media Accreditation Rules, 2006
(1)An applicant for accreditation shall not be eligible unless he/she has acquired not less than ten years experience as a Working Journalist for State Level Accreditation and not less than five years experience as a Working Journalist for accreditation at District or Sub-divisional or Block Level :Provided that experience of work in a Government media organization vis. - The Press Information Bureau of Government of India. News Service Division of All India Radio, the News Unit of Doordarshan, the Photo Division of Government of India may be deemed as equivalent to experience of work in a news media organization for the purpose of accreditation :Provided further that those Officers having experience of Journalistic work in Media Units of the Information & Public Relations Department of the State Government other than those referred to above, may also be considered for the purpose of accreditation, if the Committee would be satisfied about their journalistic experience.
