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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Tag: Olympic Games
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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Press screening of Unbelievable, Thu, Jul 21
SJA members are invited to a special preview screening of Unbelievable - The Chad Clos Story being held in Barnes, London, this Thursday morning from …
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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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1966 shock: Fifa president let in news reporters
Fifty years ago, England's World Cup triumph was not only a milestone for football, but it also gave birth to sports news reporting. Unlikely as it ma…
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