Politicians to scrutinise how sports reporting is affected by commercial deals
The reporting of sports news in the digital age is to be the focus of a parliamentary hearing.
The Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts will examine the issue over the next couple of months and is due to issue a report by mid May.
The areas it will be examining include:
- The balance between protecting sporting organsiations’ commercial interests and fair access to events for reporting issues;
- Whether sporting organisations could limit the frequency of updates to news reports;
- The use of accreditation of journalists by sporting bodes to control reporting.
Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.
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