Media Spotlight On Olympics 2000
The Sun Herald
Sunday January 17, 1993
SYDNEY will play host to up to 15,000 representatives of the media from Australia and 200 countries for the Olympic Games in 2000.
Considering that up to four billion people watched the recent Barcelona Olympics on television, and countless more people listened to radio and read newspapers, it is easy to see why so many people are required to cover the Games.
Not only are there vast numbers of newspaper, magazine, television and radio journalists, there are hundreds of photographers, television camera crews and technicians.
The majority of Sydney's planned sporting venues will be in one of two zones, at Sydney Olympic Park at Homebush Bay and the Sydney Harbour zone, centred on Darling Harbour. As with the sports, the media will be split between the two areas with accommodation and offices in both zones.
Sydney Olympic Park will house the Main Press Centre newsroom and a village, accommodating 3,000 journalists and photographers, will also be built at Homebush Bay.
The Sydney Harbour Zone will house the International Broadcast Centre where television and radio networks from around the world will co-ordinate coverage of the Games.
The old Government Printing Office behind the Darling Harbour Exhibition Halls will be renovated to form the International Broadcast Centre.
Three thousand media representatives will be accommodated in brand new dwellings which form part of the City-West Pyrmont/Ultimo development. Remaining media will stay on cruise ships and at hotels.
Sydney will be under the spotlight from the media as the reporters covering the Games not only look at the events, they also report on the attractions, people, and lifestyle of the host city and country.
Sydney's beauty and personality is a big plus for the bid as a potential host city has to be, in the eyes of the media, an interesting place to hold the Games.
Pictures emanating from the 2000 Olympic Games will be spectacular, given that there are developments in media technology almost on a weekly basis.
Innovations, such as race-cam and stump-cam, are just two examples that have made sport more exciting and both of these developments emanated from Australia.
Sydney promises to provide spectacular coverage of the 2000 Games given our reputation for sports broadcasting. *
© 1993 The Sun Herald
