Should citizen journalists have access rights?

Some of you may have heard of the Photogapher's Right, a guide to your right as a photographer in public places by attorney Bert P. Krages II.

Well, videoblogger Pete Prodoehl, in a post on the videobloggers mailing list titled Are We The Media?, relates this episode today:

Yesterday I was shooting some video and walked into a university. I was told by an employee "I don't mean to ruin your fun, but you can't film in here." (She may have said 'videotape' instead of film, I'm not 100% sure, I just remember I was told I had to stop shooting.)

I noticed later that the fine folks from the local TV station were allowed to shoot inside, where I was not allowed to.

So, that brings up some questions in my mind.

Were the media given 'special priviledges' ordinary people are not?

Could the fact that it was a university have been in my favor? Don't my taxes help pay for it?

Is there "Videographer's Rights" document, like the Photographer's rights? Would it apply?

I was following what became a news event -- this is backed up by the fact that the local TV folks were there. I can't help but feel like I'm the little guy who got squashed by Big Media.

It's a legitimate question. In my view, citizen journalists should have the same rights of access afforded news crews from the mainstream media.