Policies

Media & Public Relations, part of University Communications, is the external relations arm of the university, and drives the news and public information efforts of the University of Richmond.

It is the Media & PR team’s policy to be as helpful as possible to news media seeking visiting UR's campus while upholding the university’s mission and maintaining the reasonable privacy expectation of students and others.

News media are welcome on the University of Richmond campus, but they do not have the right to indiscriminate access to UR buildings or other facilities.

Media guidelines

• Media representatives must arrange interviews and photo shoots with University of Richmond faculty, staff and students in advance through the UR Media & PR team.
• Media who are on campus as a panelist or visiting speaker may choose to invite other media to cover the event only with prior approval from the Media & PR team.
• Residence halls are closed to the media. Media representatives may not enter or position themselves at the entrances of residence halls or campus apartments.
• A University Media & PR staff person may accompany any reporters, video crews and photographers while on campus to ensure confidentiality, privacy and appropriate sensitivity to students, faculty and staff.
• Media representatives must seek permission to enter or film in interior spaces, including libraries, classrooms, dining areas, Tyler Haynes Commons, administrative buildings and athletic facilities. Permission may be granted as long as the media activities do not disrupt university activities, interfere with privacy or jeopardize the safety of university faculty, staff, students, visitors or facilities.
• Media representatives must coordinate parking with the Media & PR team and park in designated visitor parking.
• Requests to conduct professional photoshoots or film commercial enterprises on campus should be directed to urevents@richmond.edu.