The Daily OrangeCostas, panel weigh role of citizen journalists
By Alexa Greenberg
Posted: 10/5/09, 3:02 AM EST Section: News
Bob Costas doesn't see someone recording a video of a sporting event on their cell phone as a threat to his job. He said mobile videos can't compete with the corporation that owns the rights to record a sporting event, even if they can record the final score of a baseball game that the rest of the United States has yet to see.
A panel featuring three media representatives - including NBC broadcaster Bob Costas - discussed this kind of censorship of sporting events Friday afternoon in front of a packed Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium. The panel's discussion, "When Rights Collide: Sports Coverage vs. Branding," was the start of a three-part series on free speech hosted by the Tully Center for Free Speech Friday afternoon.
The first seminar featured sportscaster Bob Costas, Time Warner executive John Keib, and media attorney Mickey Osterreicher, a general council with the National Press Photographers Association.
Recognizing that the broadcast rights to sporting events are purchased, the panel discussed the conflict between journalists, photographers, Internet bloggers and other media to cover broadcast events.
Bill Spaulding, a freshman broadcast journalism major, was excited to hear what the panelists had to say.
"As an aspiring sports broadcaster I am very interested in how the rights holders of an event can censor what reporters have to say," Spaulding said.
David Rubin, former dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the panel's moderator, said media members continue to encounter conflicts with the corporations that own the rights to the broadcast. As technology continues to get increasingly sophisticated, more problems will most likely arise, he said.
As someone who has hosted Olympic broadcasts, Costas pointed out that there is often a time difference between the U.S. and the site of the Olympics. Revealing the results in advance of the telecast can dramatically affect those who paid for the rights to the games.
A panel featuring three media representatives - including NBC broadcaster Bob Costas - discussed this kind of censorship of sporting events Friday afternoon in front of a packed Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium. The panel's discussion, "When Rights Collide: Sports Coverage vs. Branding," was the start of a three-part series on free speech hosted by the Tully Center for Free Speech Friday afternoon.
The first seminar featured sportscaster Bob Costas, Time Warner executive John Keib, and media attorney Mickey Osterreicher, a general council with the National Press Photographers Association.
Recognizing that the broadcast rights to sporting events are purchased, the panel discussed the conflict between journalists, photographers, Internet bloggers and other media to cover broadcast events.
Bill Spaulding, a freshman broadcast journalism major, was excited to hear what the panelists had to say.
"As an aspiring sports broadcaster I am very interested in how the rights holders of an event can censor what reporters have to say," Spaulding said.
David Rubin, former dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the panel's moderator, said media members continue to encounter conflicts with the corporations that own the rights to the broadcast. As technology continues to get increasingly sophisticated, more problems will most likely arise, he said.
As someone who has hosted Olympic broadcasts, Costas pointed out that there is often a time difference between the U.S. and the site of the Olympics. Revealing the results in advance of the telecast can dramatically affect those who paid for the rights to the games.
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