Sports Media Austria
| Sports Media Austria (SMA) |
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|---|---|
| purpose | Representation of interests |
| Chair: | Hans Peter Trost |
| Establishment date: | 2001 |
| Number of members: | about 800 |
| Website: | www.sportsmediaaustria.at |
The Sports Media Austria (SMA) is the association of Austrian sports journalists or -Photographers and employees in electronic and other up-dealing with sports media.
organization
Until his death in March 1997, Josef Strabl headed the “Sports Journalists Section” in the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions (ÖGB). From this specialist group, the “Austrian Sports Journalists Club” (ÖSC) was founded under the new President Michael Kuhn in 1997 after the split from the union .
"Sports Media Austria" was founded under a new name at the 2001 General Assembly in Abtenau . The sports director of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) Hans Peter Trost has been the president of this interest group since 2014 .
Prices
Sports Media Austria Prize for Journalists (selection)
Since 2004, the journalist prize “Sports Media Austria Prize for Journalists” has been awarded annually by SMA in cooperation with Coca-Cola . Contributions to national and international sporting events are awarded.
| year | Journalist | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Pirmin Styrnol | for "Sport in Prison" ( Ö1) - winner in the radio category |
| 2014 | Pirmin Styrnol | Moments of Sports - Prize Winner in the Radio Category |
| 2013 | Walter Reiterer | Multimedia presence NFL-CRUSH (German-language website about the NFL) |
| 2008 | Walter Reiterer | Online magazine Football-Austria as "best website of the year" |
| 2007 | Helmut Neundlinger | for "Wunderkind" in "Datum" (Austrian monthly magazine) |
| 2006 | Gerald John | for "Lichtgestalt" in "Date" |
| 2005 | Christopher D. Ryan | Report on the Ironman Hawaii 2004 as the best sports television report of the year |
Sportsman of the year (Austria)
All members of Sports Media Austria have the right to elect the athlete of the year in Austria annually by secret ballot (exception: extraordinary members).
In 2013, around 560 of the approximately 850 members took part in this election, which has been held together with Austrian Sports Aid since 1949.
Young Academy
Young sports journalists are supported as part of the “Young Academy”.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sports Media Austria President Michael Kuhn celebrates 75th birthday (October 28, 2012)
- ↑ ORF-TV sports director Trost new president of Sports Media Austria (May 12, 2014)
- ↑ Prize Winners 2015. Accessed on May 31, 2019 .
- ↑ SMA award winners 2008
- ↑ Laureate 2005 , SportsMediaAustria.at (accessed on August 20, 2009)
- ↑ SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR 2017 (November 3, 2017)