Moiz Munif, the Fiji FA media officer along with media officers from nine of OFC’s 11 member associations attended the course.
In attendance were Brian Vitolio (American Samoa), Pauline Dean (Cook Islands), Moiz Munif (Fiji), Seamus Marten (New Zealand), David Kaseng (Papua New Guinea), Joseph Boso (Solomon Islands), Nicolas Vallar (Tahiti), Teaki Heimuli (Tonga) and Harry Atisson (Vanuatu).
The workshop was led by OFC head of media and communications Daniel Markham and head of OFC TV Olivier Huc, who were joined by media and communications coordinators Xavier Audu and Jacqueline Tran Van, along with OFC TV director Tia Soakai and technical director Billy Kapoor.
Markham says the benefits of hosting such a gathering are two-fold.
“It is a good opportunity for all the media officers from across the OFC member associations to come together and share some of their experiences, as well as learn some new skills and receive advice from experienced professionals who are leaders in their field. We were fortunate to have some excellent guest speakers who all gave outstanding presentations and we are very grateful to them for giving up their time.
“It also gives us the chance to hear about the progress of the media officers in their respective countries and learn some of the challenges facing them. We can then look at ways of overcoming those challenges and providing them with anything they might need to do their jobs as professionally as possible.”
Among those giving presentations during the workshop were media consultant Gordon Glen Watson, radio host Miles Davis, freelance photographer Shane Wenzlick and New Zealand Golf media and PR manager Peter Thornton.
Following the success of the weekly Fiji Football News, Fiji FA is gearing up to welcome their new television department which has been tasked to prepare a weekly football show which will be called Fiji Foot.
The first OFC media officer workshop was held in 2010 in Auckland and great improvements in the coverage of football across the Pacific have taken place since then. Each of the 11 OFC member associations now have their own websites while print, television and radio coverage has also increased greatly.
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