MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS

A Correspondent shall be an active and currently employed person, whether staff, retained or freelance, representing mass media. Such mass media must have its headquarters outside Cambodia, while the newsperson must be currently living or stationed in Cambodia. Such mass media may be a newspaper, news agency, news syndicate, news service, radio and/or television organization, news picture agency, newsreel company, news magazine, periodical, Internet news or other news organization.

A Correspondent Member shall be engaged in news, feature or interpretive coverage of current events for foreign audiences. The major portion of the newsperson's income must be provided through creation of an editorial or news product for dissemination outside Cambodia. Persons meeting the above qualifications but living or stationed in the Southeast Asian region may apply for Correspondent Membership in the OPCC. Similarly, persons based in other parts of the world but spending a significant amount of their working time in Cambodia may apply for Correspondent Membership in the OPCC. The Executive Committee shall use guidance set forth in the by-laws to determine eligibility for membership under this category.