After the first successful session of the AIPS digital seminar, “The Cost of Reporting while Female” – UNDERREPRESENTATION – AIPS is proud to announce the names of the panelists that will take the stage, connected via Zoom.us, on July 23 for the second appointment.
THE FORGOTTEN COVID19 has put world’s sport in disarray. When professional activity was about to resume all over the world, women athletes were put on hold and – is some case – totally neglected. Along with the athletes a number of female reporters now have little or no space in the media as a result of the pandemic.
Some of the most important sports journalists and international experts, each coming from different backgrounds, have been invited to share their in-depth insight and understanding of this issue, “the forgotten”.
The panel discussion will immediately be followed by an open discussion, where participants can share their experiences and ask questions. The AIPS seminar is open to all journalists regardless of gender. Click here to register for the event.
This session will be held in English with simultaneous interpretations in Arabic, French and Spanish, which will be accessible from the smartphone by downloading the app “Interprefy”.
MEET THE PANELISTS
EMANUELA AUDISIO is a special correspondent of Italian newspaper La Repubblica. She is the only Italian journalist to have continuously followed the Olympic Games, the world championships of football, boxing, athletics, swimming. She has written three books and directed ten documentaries.
On 19 December 2018, Emanuela Audisio became the first woman to win the Montalban prize in the sports section. In January 2019, she received the top prize in the Video Documentary category of the AIPS Sport Media Awards for her piece, “1968 – Sport and Revolution” and was placed second in the Video Athlete Profile with “Pele’s Last Show”.
ZSUZSA CSISZTU is a journalist, TV presenter and lawyer specified in sports law LL.M. She is a former Hungarian gymnast, who represented Hungary in two European (1984 and 1987) and three World Championships (1985, 1987 and 1989) as well as the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988. Although she was still actively competing, she attended the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona as a correspondent – thanks to a successful casting at the Hungarian Television (MTV) years earlier.
Following her first Olympic broadcast, she was offered a full-time position at the Hungarian Television in October 1992. Her television career, spanning more than 28 years, has also seen her work for MTM-SBS Rt. TV2 and DIGI Sport Hungary television station. She has reported from seven Olympic Games and around fifty World competitions, worked as an editor, reporter and anchor on sports, extreme sports, political, cultural, documentary and entertainment programmes.
She is also a senior writer and a columnist of the Prestige Sport Magazine, as well as the author of four books focusing mostly on competitive sports and family life.
She is the first vice-president of the Hungarian Sport Journalists’ Association, the first ever female in that position, and in 2017, she was elected to be a member of the Executive Committee of AIPS, the International Sport Press Association.
Zsuzsa also gives lectures about sports law within the field of sport journalism, and shares her experience by teaching sports commentary, news editing and anchoring on TV.
HIBA AL-SABBAGH is a highly motivated experienced professional in the field of today’s crowded multimedia industry. Active in newspaper, radio and television. Not forgetting mixing business and outdoor sports as an add-on activity. She is currently the secretary editor at Al-Rai newspaper Jordan, alongside being a reporter for Gear one TV and Sport Saudi TV.
Over 25 years of hard work has helped her to be influential and positively interact in the field, reaching people at all levels and building good relationships. She is the General Secretary of the Arab Sports Media Club and a board member of the Jordan Media Press Federation.
SABINA KARKI Sabina Karki is the sub-editor in the sports department of Kantipur Television in Nepal. A sports reporter, producer and anchor. She is a former U-19 cricket player.
