Media Invitations for Gwangju Universiade sent out

GWANGJU – The Gwangju 2015 Universiade Organizing Committee has sent out the official media invitation on 7 January to 258 media agencies in Korea. The media invitation is also posted on the Universiade Gwangju 2015 official website (www.gwangju2015.com).

Media personnel who wish to cover the 28th Universiade Gwangju 2015 need to apply for a special accreditation and must complete the entry form online through the ‘Media Accreditation System’. The accreditation system will be open from March 2 to April 20.

On 3 May, all applicants who successfully passed the accreditation procedure will be assigned to different categories which define their access rights in various media zones.

‘Online Messengers’

GUOC 2015 has also appointed 25 bloggers with various backgrounds from all regions of Korea, including 2 foreign students. They are the 6th group of blog reporters appointed by the GUOC.

These ‘online messengers’ will be promoting the Universiade Gwangju 2015 by reporting news about the Universiade and other sports related topics while receiving various incentives such as Universiade reporter’s awards and media accreditation during the Games.

The appointment ceremony was also a platform for the bloggers to meet the current Universiade blog reporters and exchange ideas.

129 blog reporters have written 1,420 articles on the Universiade Gwangju 2015 blog (blog.gwangju2015.kr) since 2011. So far, more than 1 million viewers have visited the blog.

(Source: GUOC 2015)