Blogging, Athletes and web sites - to be continued ...

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:41:03 -0800

So, as Boris pointed out, the IOC has told athletes not to particpate in journalistic activities, which to them, means blogging. This is good and bad. Bad cause i want to read the personal notes of the athletes rather than the contrived emotion and occasionally inane interviews. In some ways this ban is GOOD because it shows that the whole citizen as journalist/artist/communicator trip is on the radar of the "grey suits" who run the IOC (and of course control the world ;-)).

This is lame because many athletes use blogging as a means to stay in touch with family, friends and supporters.

A few examples of web stuff i've come across:

Kari Traa - the (uhh sorta hot) Norwegian mogul skiier keeps a "gossip" section on her site which she blogs about "controversial" content like where she is sleeping at the village (big screenshot on Flickr). However, the IOC has decided that her actions are verbotten (big screenshot on Flickr).

Vancouver 2010 Olympics Coverage Daily - athletes

Blogging, Athletes and web sites - to be continued ...