Hundreds of professional sports journalists, many of them members of the SJA, were still waiting for payment for a month or more's work in Rio for the…
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Category: Rio 2016
Rio Paralympic gloom has lifted amid successes
VIEW FROM THE PRESSBOX: Our diarist has stayed on in Rio for the Paralympics, feeling the chill air of the aircon and budget cuts, and seeing the warm…
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Dodging bullets over green pools and empty stands
VIEW FROM THE OLYMPIC PRESSBOX: Our insider at the Rio Games reports back after the opening week of events, and the fun and games around the Mixed Zon…
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Golf has a Games history that’s well under par
STEVEN DOWNES reviews a book which has unearthed a little-known episode in "quasi-Olympic" history…
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Buses, food and TV links: things Rio media are missing
VIEW FROM THE PRESSBOX: There's a real risk of moaning about first-world problems while surrounded by third-world poverty, homelessness and hunger of …
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How to avoid storms over Rio’s rainbow issues
Tom Daley, Caster Semenya, married gay hockey players, transgender athletes... Journalists and editors covering the Rio Games shouldn't shy away from …
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A 20-year Olympic absence and no Rio regrets
VIEW FROM THE PRESSBOX: The Games may be coming, but RANDALL NORTHAM has no great hankering to be working at 2016's 'Greatest Show On Earth'…
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Human rights group gives advice for Rio journalists
An international campaign group has today published a guide for journalists working at the Olympics on best practice when filming around Rio de Janeir…
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Media advisory: Rio Olympic medal targets, Jul 14
This will be the final update from UK Sport ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics and Paralympics…
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Olympic officials issue Zika virus advice for Rio 2016
The BOA advice is equally applicable to SJA members and other accredited media who will be travelling to Brazil to work at the Games…
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