UK: More Press Association reporters to cover Winter Olympics
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on February 8, 2010 at 5:49 PM
The Press Association, the national news agency in the UK, will send its largest-ever Winter Olympics team to this month's games in Vancouver, Hold the Front Page reports.
PA Sport sent two reporters to the last winter Games in Turin in 2006, but will send 13 this time, including, for the first time, two video journalists.
PA Sport sent two reporters to the last winter Games in Turin in 2006, but will send 13 this time, including, for the first time, two video journalists.
Olympics editor for the agency, Scott Dougal, said: "The decision to increase our team is a sign of our commitment to cover the Olympic story between now and 2012.
"We are already staffing more events in more Olympic sports than ever before and are dedicated to providing strong coverage of Paralympic sport," he said.
PA Sport says it will be providing "comprehensive coverage of the British team as well as the pick of the international stories, in words, pictures and video."
Other publications are taking innovative approaches to covering the Winter Olympics as well. For example, the US-based Associated Press has launched a website devoted to coverage of the event, optimised for social sharing such that its content can be easily distributed through social networks.
Source: Hold the Front Page
"We are already staffing more events in more Olympic sports than ever before and are dedicated to providing strong coverage of Paralympic sport," he said.
PA Sport says it will be providing "comprehensive coverage of the British team as well as the pick of the international stories, in words, pictures and video."
Other publications are taking innovative approaches to covering the Winter Olympics as well. For example, the US-based Associated Press has launched a website devoted to coverage of the event, optimised for social sharing such that its content can be easily distributed through social networks.
Source: Hold the Front Page
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