Local papers to pool Olympic coverage

I reported last week on the lack of official passes for local newspapers to cover next year's Olympic Games in London.

Publishers and editors were told that the Press Association would do the job.

Since then, the Newspaper Society has been active, as have sympathetic MPs. They have urged the British Olympic Association (BOA) to relent.

Now, the sports minister, Hugh Robertson, has explained the criteria involved in the allocation of some 400 press passes.

And it appears, according to a Press Gazette report, that "negotiations are underway to create a pool of 12 regional press journalists to provide shared material from the games."

Source: Press Gazette