Special Call for Journalists to present Work and Investigations at Play the Game 2024

They invite journalists from all over the world to join them at Play the Game 2024 in Trondheim, Norway, and present their own work or investigations at the conference.

Key Themes

• No topic is excluded in advance, but they especially welcome presentations that can contribute to the key themes for the conference:
  • Autocracy vs. democracy: Which side is sport playing for?
  • Clearing sport: Countering crime, protecting integrity
  • Can sport be sustainable? The impact on climate and the environment
  • Sports journalism: A watchdog for society or a pet for showbiz?
  • Abuse and agony: How can sports organisations effectively safeguard athletes?
  • Pursuing diversity: How to make up for power imbalances in sport?
  • In the wake of scandal: What is the future of anti-doping?

Benefits

• Benefits from attending Play the Game 2024 as a journalist
  • Play the Game 2024 will bring together experts from a variety of disciplines, including media studies, sports journalism, communication, and sociology, to share their research and insights. Through keynote speeches, panel discussions, and interactive workshops, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities presented by the intersection of sports and media.
  • They plan to facilitate a number of workshops where journalists can share their inspiration and experiences, and they will explore ways to strengthen and fund in-depth sports journalism, recognising the crucial role in holding power to account.
  • They will also discuss the role of the media in the most debated sporting event in history: The FIFA World Cup in Qatar 2022. How was the media’s framing? Is the critical journalism on Middle East investments in sport just an expression of Western prejudice? Can they expect journalists to be equally critical when mega-events over the next decade will be held in Western countries?

Submit Your Idea

• If you would like to be part of Play the Game 2024, they need you to submit a description of your presentation. The system is used for both academic abstracts and presentations by journalists and uses academic terms that may not always be directly relevant for journalistic presentations.
• However, for journalistic presentations they require a title, a short abstract of your presentation, and a longer outline of the story to be presented. Please add keywords that characterise the contents.
• Upon approval of your presentation, you will be offered either a 10 minutes’ speaking slot or relevant spots in alternative session formats (e.g. workshops, round tables). Please note that they are currently developing new formats for the sessions in order to ensure a more vivid and interactive conference experience. You will be informed about the format of your session in due time before the conference.

For more information, visit Play the Game.