Infostrada Sports has been contracted by the organisers of the World Masters Games to help with the planning of the Event News Service, and then with the delivery of a staffing solution, training, and operations of the Event News Service during the World Masters Games in Sydney.
Infostrada Sports has developed an expertise in this area. We by no means claim to be the only ones who can do this, but we have worked hard over the last ten years, developing policies and procedures, methods of operating, and training and developing staff in the process. We believe we can add significantly to an organising committee, because we deliver a fully tested and sound operation.
We are responsible for the collection, production and distribution of a wide range of news and information for the accredited media.
We help events and organising committees by feeding information to the media, helping to fill in the gaps from events, sessions and matches where the media may not be able to attend.
At the World Masters Games, the Event News Service will provide diverse reports including previews, reviews, flash quotes, press conference highlights and collated summaries from competition venues to keep the media informed about the progress of the Games.
We will require reporters to attend various sessions of events, write reports, do interviews and provide summaries, and send these to our central sub editing desk for processing.
Event News Service reporters will get to sharpen their basic reporting skills, learn to write breaking news, practice finding story angles under deadline pressure and get hands-on experience at interviewing athletes.
We are looking for interns who will receive training, and then Games-time will receive daily briefings and full support as they gather news items. Training will take the shape of on-line and face-to-face training and will be mandatory for all potential candidates.
For the Games-time roles, all interns will need to have their own laptop and Infostrada Sports will provide expenses for those who can use their own car. All communication costs and meals will be provided. But no travel to Sydney, or accommodation costs can be met, due to the tight budgetary constraints of the project.
Infostrada Sports’ event news service operation will cover all sports, but there is no expectation to have a report from every event. Our reporting teams will be based around a number of ‘hubs’, including the Sydney Olympic Park precinct, the Penrith sports venues; and other venues spread around Sydney.
Reporters will be led by a Chief of Staff, Sub Editors and a team of senior reporters, as well as the Infostrada Sports staff.
It will be an exciting and challenging opportunity for journalists-in-training to test their skills and deliver quality output under pressure.
Reporters will need to be available for the first briefing with the organisers of the World Masters Games scheduled for Wednesday 7 October 2009 at Sydney Olympic Park at 9am till 19 October (the day after the Closing Ceremony).
If you are interested in the Reporter role, please send contact:
Hairul Sukaime
Internship Coordinator
Infostrada Sports
e-mail: hairul.sukaime@infostradasports.com
For more information go to http://www.infostradasports.com
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