Representatives from major world news agencies visit the Natioanl Stadium, aka Bird's Nest, during a venue tour in Beijing on April 8, 2019. (Xinhua photo)
The first World Agency Meeting of Beijing 2022 assembled representatives from major world agencies including the Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse and Kyodo News.
"We know already that you know how to build wonderful venues and to put on a great games. And of course, what we need to work together on is to help you with how to run a winter games," he said.
"They (the agencies) are here to see Beijing in winter conditions, and especially to see the Alpine venues and to meet the new staff that will be working on Beijing 2022," he added.
IOC honorary president Juan Antonio Samaranch said that the international media more than anyone else measure the success of the Games and Edgar agrees.
"The Media operations of Beijing 2022 should make sure that the media can do its job," he said.
The scale of press operations at an Olympic Games is huge. Over 6,000 print and online media will work at the MPC, and each competition venue. For larger International News Agencies, an Olympic Games means a deployment of a huge amount of staff and resources. Information on every sport event (including real-time results and athlete biographies) should be found on the Games INFO service, easily accessed online or in the media work rooms.
