Olympic Challenges for athletes and journalists
The challenges surrounding the Olympics continue. And not only for the athletes.
It is also a colossal challenge for journalists and the media as they take the Games from London to the world.
It’s a big Olympics and a big business.
The four-year cycle offers a plethora of opportunities for most athletes to gain experience and perform to their very best in front of the world. While the unique challenges of the Olympic environment are also shared by the media from around the world.
The first nine days of the games have attracted millions and millions of viewers, the most for any Summer Olympics outside the U.S. since Montreal in 1976.
With so many people tuning in to TV and radio and reading the papers around the world – up to date Olympic news is crucial.
Thousands of journalists and media personal from around the world have settled in to London, and continue to get the job done.
Similarly, right here at www.thomassherlock.com, my very own Olympic challenge continues.
At the conclusion of day 9 of the Olympics, I have managed to publish more than one blog post every day including a TDTV special Olympic wrap up every weekday of the games.
In bed late and up early is challenging, but it is only a small price to pay to be right across all things Olympics as I aim to develop my journalistic and media skills.
The Games will be over before we know it, so we’ve got to enjoy it while it lasts.
It was humbling to wake up to a nice tweet from one of the world’s best all-round sports journalists @GerardWhateley commenting on my dedication at http://www.thomassherlock.com, what a legend. The busy Aussie journalists is covering the Games for ABC Grandstand radio in London, and kindly took the time out to mention me in a tweet to 22,000 followers on twitter.
