Roundtable - Women in Sport and Media

Press/Media: Research

Description

This symposium was held in Boston College, Dublin. It was led by Dr Katie Liston (Chair/Facilitator), and included female representatives from Irish sport and media: sports journalists (Cliona Foley, Jacqui Hurley, and Sinead Kissane), Irish Federation of Sport CEO, Mary O'Connor,  and academic, Dr Niamh Kitching. The outcome was published as a book chapter in Sport, Media and Ireland (Cork University Press, eds O'Boyle and Free). The purpose of the roundtable discussion was twofold. First was to generate insights into the sport-media nexus, and women’s sports in particular, from those at the coalface. Second was to grasp the unique opportunity to enable such a group – advocates of, and for, women’s sports but also highly regarded specialists in their own right – in engaging with each other, in effect, bringing theory and practice into greater congruence with each other.

Period18 May 2019

Media contributions

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Media contributions

  • TitleWomen in Sport and Media
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media typeOther
    Country/TerritoryIreland
    Date18/05/19
    PersonsKatie Liston