{"id":60067,"date":"2026-01-12T22:44:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/more-sport\/international-sports-press-association-aips-to-recognise-long-serving-olympic-journalists-during-special-ceremony-in-milan\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T22:44:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:44:03","slug":"international-sports-press-association-aips-to-recognise-long-serving-olympic-journalists-during-special-ceremony-in-milan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/more-sport\/international-sports-press-association-aips-to-recognise-long-serving-olympic-journalists-during-special-ceremony-in-milan\/","title":{"rendered":"International Sports Press Association (AIPS) to recognise long-serving Olympic journalists during special ceremony in Milan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"press-body-in\">\n                            <span><br \/>\n                                                            MILAN, Italy, January 12, 2026\/APO Group\/ &#8212;<br \/>\n                                                        <\/span><\/p>\n<p>AIPS (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3NflyKl\" rel=\"noopener\">www.AIPSMedia.com<\/a>) is set to honour journalists who have covered ten or more Olympic Games (winter + summer) at a special ceremony during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>This unique event, which celebrates longevity in Olympic journalism and dedication to the promotion of Olympic sports, will take place on 5 February.<\/p>\n<p>Colleagues who have covered 10 or more Olympic Games (winter + summer) as accredited media representatives and will be present at Milano Cortina 2026 are requested to fill out the form below by 2 February<\/p>\n<p>JOURNALISTS ON THE PODIUM FORM (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/apo-opa.co\/4pE3zL4\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/apo-opa.co\/4pE3zL4<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions please send an email to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/mailto:%20aipscentennial@aipsmedia.com.\" rel=\"noopener\">aipscentennial@aipsmedia.com<\/a>. Put \u201cJournalists on the Podium + your name\u201d in the object of the email.<\/p>\n<p>In order to be bestowed the honor, a journalist must have covered the Olympic Games while working for a media organization as a reporter\/freelance in the written press, a photographer or a TV\/radio reporter. Journalists may provide proof of their coverage (accreditation badges, articles, photos, etc).<\/p>\n<p>At the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, AIPS\u00a0recognised more than 100 journalists who have covered 10 or more Olympic Games, both summer and winter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The maiden edition of the AIPS Journalists on the Podium took place at the London 2012 Summer Olympics.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>*Please note that Summer\/Winter Youth Olympic Games shall not be considered.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/international-sports-press-association-aips-to-recognise-longserving-olympic-journalists-during-special-ceremony-in-milan?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MILAN, Italy, January 12, 2026\/APO Group\/ &#8212; AIPS (www.AIPSMedia.com) is set to honour journalists who have covered ten or more Olympic Games (winter + summer) at a special ceremony during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. This unique event, which celebrates longevity in Olympic journalism and dedication to the promotion of Olympic sports, will take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/8f53a00d3c624b0","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-more-sport"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/8f53a00d3c624b0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}