Association of German Sports Journalists

The Association of German Sports Journalists ( VDS ) is a professional association for full-time sports journalists based in Mannheim . The association includes sports journalists from the print, television, radio and online sectors as well as sports photographers.

structure

The association, founded in 1927, consists of 21 regional associations which, according to their own information, have around 3,500 members.

Regional associations of the VDS
Augsburg-Allgäu Sports Press Association
Sports journalists association Baden-Palatinate
Association of Sports Journalists Berlin / Brandenburg
Association of Bremen Sports Journalists
Frankfurter Sportpresse Association
Hamburg Sports Journalists Association
Sports press association Kurpfalz
Association of Middle Rhine Sports Journalists
Munich Sports Journalists Association
Association of Lower Saxony Sports Press
Association of North Bavarian Sports Journalists
Osnabrück Sports Press Association
Saarland Sports Journalists Association
Association of Schleswig-Holstein Sports Journalists
Association of West German Sports Journalists
Sportpress Wuerttemberg Association
Sports Journalists Association Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Sports press club Wiesbaden-Mainz
Sports Journalists Association of Saxony-Anhalt
Saxon Sports Journalists Association
Thuringian Sports Journalists Club

The VDS is headed by a six-person honorary executive committee. The current president is Erich Laaser . The former president Karl-Heinz Cammann is today honorary president of the VDS, as is his predecessor Günter Weise .

The VDS is a member of the Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive (AIPS), the world association of sports journalists.

Self-image and activities

The association is the point of contact for the German Olympic Sports Confederation and the various national sports associations when it comes to questions relating to the awarding of journalist accreditations for sports events.

In addition, the association provides its members with further training measures and helps with legal advice . In accordance with the 1995 code of honor of the Association of Sports Journalists , the VDS developed guidelines for sports journalism in 2009 .

The VDS receives public attention at the annual awards for Sportsman of the Year and Footballer of the Year , which are elected by the members of the association.

The VDS annually announces professional sport journalistic competitions in the categories print, online, TV, radio and photo, in which VDS members can participate. The VDS television award for live sports journalistic reports and features and the Herbert Zimmermann award for radio sports journalists are well known.

Publications

• Association of German Sports Journalists (ed.): 1927–2002 anniversary book. 75 years of VDS . Jump 2002.
• Association of German Sports Journalists (Ed.): Media and Sport 2009. Structures - Contacts - Dates . Philippka-Sportverlag , Münster 2009, ISBN 978-3-89417-176-6 .
• Sports journalist . Meyer & Meyer, Aachen, ISSN  0014-6145 (magazine of the Association of German Sport Journalists, has been published under various titles since 1964).

Honorary members

• Karl-Heinz Heimann (1924-2010)

partner

The current partners of the association are the companies

• Coca-Cola ,
• Bitburger Brewery ,
• Continental AG ,
• Daimler AG and
• Imtech .

Web links

• Sportjournalist.de . Official homepage of the Association of German Sports Journalists.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About us . On: Sportjournalist.de , 2008. Retrieved on November 5, 2009.
2. ↑ Code of Ethics of the Association of Sports Journalists . Wiesbaden, August 14, 1995. On: VDS Berlin-Brandenburg . Retrieved November 5, 2009.
3. ↑ Jens Weinreich: "Guidelines for Sports Journalism" . From: jensweinreich.de, November 2, 2009. Accessed November 5, 2009.
4. ↑ Information on the VDS television award , accessed on July 14, 2013
5. ↑ VDS vocational competitions 2018 , accessed on October 31, 2018
6. ↑ http://www.sportjournalist.de/