FISU Young Reporters Programme: A successful tradition
For over a decade, aspiring sports journalists from all over the world have been developing and honing their skills on the celebrated ‘FISU Young Reporters’ programme. Created by the International University Sports Federation in 2011, the programme assembles a team of enthusiastic media talents for each edition of the FISU World University Games, where they spend around 12 days immersed in the mixed zones and media tribunes of a truly global multi-sport event. Here, the young journalists work alongside established media professionals, covering the sports with their voice recorders, microphones or cameras, and gaining invaluable insights into how a major multi-sport event is projected to the world.
Young Sports Media Talents: An innovation of Rhine-Ruhr 2025
Now the Organising Committee of the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games is taking this project even further.
To join the team, young media talents aged 18 to 25 can apply in one of three roles: reporter, photographer, or commentator. The selected students will receive training from mentors and be invited to join the ranks of the world’s media covering the FISU Games this summer. For all successful candidates, free travel and accommodation will be provided.
U-Media: A valuable extension for the FISU Young Reporters programme
U-Media will complement the existing FISU Young Reporters programme, which was launched by the International University Sports Federation in 2011 and has been taking a team of aspiring sports journalists to each edition of the FISU Games for on-site assignments.
The U-Media initiative aims to transform the World University Games into a dual-purpose platform, functioning both as an educational portal and a dynamic sports media outlet.
The goal of the project is to leave a legacy for young people interested in sports journalism and to ensure professional global coverage of university sports events through a team of trained student reporters, photographers, and commentators.