David Gerard wrote:
Yeah. The problem is not making up a badge, it's all the legal issues and project politics surrounding "accreditation".
Is there a nice page somewhere summarising how Wikinews editions deal with accrediting reporters, which might serve as a comparison?
What Wikimedia France is the following: On request from a member (especially if known for making good quality photographs), it contacts organizers of festivals and other events and tells them that this member would like to be in the press photographer pit.
In essence, the association acts as a facilitator between private individuals who would like to make photographs and organizers. It does not act as a publisher, but merely as support for those individuals.