During the Summer Universiade in Gwangju the 3rd FISU Young Reporters Programme (YRP) was carried out. The first edition was held in Shenzhen during the 2011 Summer Universiade, and the second one in Kazan in 2013, offering young students reporters and journalists from all around the world the opportunity to get additional theoretical, but even more important practical experience in big multisport events.

Between July 3 and 14, 24 young reporters were trained and being mentored at the world’s second-largest sporting event. The programme was organised by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) in cooperation with the Organising Committee of the 28th Summer Universiade Gwangju 2015. It hosted distinguished speakers from all over the world who shared their experience with the participants. Half of the participants (12) came from the host country – Korea, whereas the other half were selected by FISU through an open call.



The following international young reports took part in this year’s programme: Chidiebere Ezeanie (NGR), Dania Abdullah (PAK), Davis Harrison (AUS), Henda Maarfi (TUN), Jiang Kaixiao (CHN), Karen Quintero (COL), Lizzy Whitbeck (USA), Lubov Kudelko (BLR), Lucie Hrdlickova (CZE), Mahmoud Khairy (EGY), Max Laenge (GER), and Megan McPhaden (CAN).



International Young Reporters were tutored by Mr Andrej Pisl, EUSA Communications manager. The programme was managed and supervised by Mrs Verena Burk, Chair of the FISU Media and Communication Committee, Member of the Executive Committee, together with Mr Christian Pierre, FISU Press Officer.



Participants were able to gather theoretical knowledge related to sport journalism in the mornings, and the afternoons were dedicated to the practical work. The young reporters had several different assignments, focusing not only on the sports and competitions, but more on the human interest and personal stories.



The programme brought a lot of experience to all the participants and its importance was recognised also by the event partners, awarding the FISU Young reporters programme one of the special awards. The successful past editions are indicating that the programme is most likely to continue also in the future.