Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Preparedness 'key to good sports reporting'

Being well prepared is one of the keys to effective sports reporting, an ABU workshop in Kuala Lumpur heard today. 

The two-day Sports News Training Workshop is being staged jointly by ABU Sport and Asiavision, the ABU's daily news exchange. 

Forty news and sports journalists from 16 countries are taking part. The trainers are Steve Robilliard of ABC-Australia, Tracey Holmes of CNN, Yalda Hakim of SBS-Australia. 

On the opening day, both Mr Robilliard and Ms Holmes said good preparation was an essential ingredient for successful sports reporting. Understanding the assignment and researching the event were critical. 

Have a plan but be ready if things don't go according to plan, participants were told. The real story might not be the one you were expecting. 

Ms Holmes described sport as real life people giving everything to finish first. And the story was not only the person who finished first; it could be the one who finished last.

Mr Robilliard said a good sports reporter should show empathy for the athletes he was covering, and should observe, not judge.

ABU's Legal Counsel Axel Aguirre was also on hand to clarify access regulations at major sporting events to the participants. 

(Source : Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union)

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