London 2012: Regional Press Accreditation

The NS has submitted a memorandum to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee regarding accreditation for local and regional newspapers to cover the London 2012 Olympics.

The memorandum highlights the unique relationship between local newspapers and the athletes from their community who may be taking part in 2012 and says that more passes should be made available to regional and local press to ensure that the games is not a “London-centric” event.

It also points out that, for events outside of Olympic Park, regional press should be granted venue-specific passes to be able to cover events in their own locality. The memo will be published on the Committee’s website.

For further information please contact Sue Oake at sue_oake@newspapersoc.org.uk.