Chicago Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano speaks to reporters at Wrigley Field in Chicago, November 30, 2006.
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You are being sent to Beijing to report this year’s Olympics and it will be your first time covering such an event…so how do you prepare? You can start by getting hot tips from journalists who are experts at such coverage – and fortunately they have contributed to Reuters Foundation’s latest publication.
A Reporter’s Guide to Sports and Olympics Reporting costs £14.99 and will be available from Amazon UK from the beginning of April.
It is written by Colin McIntyre with contributions from former Reuters Sports Editor Steve Parry, who has covered 19 Olympic Games, and from other Reuters reporters. They guide you through the preparations that will help you, give you an idea of what to expect at the event, warn you of pitfalls, and encourage you to raise your own game as a journalist.
As the Chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Press Commission, Richard Kevan Gosper, notes in his preface to the handbook:
“For journalists covering the Olympics, the task of following their home athletes through 302 different events in 28 sports is challenging enough. But another, perhaps greater challenge is to get across to their readers and listeners something of the wide picture, of this unifying effect that sport can often provide.”
The handbook’s goal has been to cover the wider picture too, by going beyond the Olympics and providing guidance on covering sport in general. There are plenty of useful pointers plus information about websites where additional detail on a variety of sports can be found.
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