Moldova’s Sports Press Association President re-elected for a second term
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Eduard Ciobanu (3rd from the left) with the newly-elected members of the APSM executive. Photo credit/Aurelia Ciobanu
CHISINAU, September 22, 2020 - On Saturday, September 19, 2020 representatives of Moldovan sports media gathered in Chisinau for the General Assembly of the national sports press association (APSM). The Assembly coincided with the elections of the President and Executive Board of the organization.
Eduard Ciobanu, who served as APSM President from 2015, became the only man to stand for election. He was unanimously voted in for a new term in office. Such outstanding support is indeed well-deserved. The impact of Mr. Ciobanu’s first term in office is undeniable - he managed to establish close ties with national sports federations, built bridges with the country’s authorities, and brought in the aid of dozens of partners who have supported APSM’s projects. His target areas for the new term include education, support of women and young sports journalists, and development of international relations.
The participants of the General Assembly had to adhere to strict COVID-19 safety and security measures. The only time that the face masks of the participants came off was when the newly-elected Executive Board gathered to take a joint photo. The APSM Assembly was not the only event that was affected by the pandemic. The planning of the eagerly-anticipated APSM - AIPS Europe seminar had to be postponed as well.
The problematic relationship between Moldova’s Sports Press Association and the country’s National Olympic and Sports Committee (NOSC) became one of the most heated topics of discussion at the Assembly. As Eduard Ciobanu highlighted, for the first time, the media quotas for the Tokyo Olympic Games were allocated with complete disregard towards the opinions and recommendations of APSM.
The NOSC commission that allocated the quotas did not happen to have a single representative of sports media on board. This may well be the reason why the choice of who gets to go to Tokyo raised so many questions.
One accreditation was allocated to a NOSC employee who possesses no journalistic credentials whatsoever. Another photographer’s accreditation was handed over to a man who is a TV journalist by trade. He also happens to be employed by the NOSC as a press officer. Yet another accreditation was handed over to a retired sports photographer who hasn’t lived or worked in Moldova for almost 5 years. Finally, one more accreditation was returned to the IOC as unwanted…All of that regardless of the fact that several experienced Moldovan sports journalists were willing and eager to claim accreditations.
Eduard Ciobanu, who served as APSM President from 2015, became the only man to stand for election. He was unanimously voted in for a new term in office. Such outstanding support is indeed well-deserved. The impact of Mr. Ciobanu’s first term in office is undeniable - he managed to establish close ties with national sports federations, built bridges with the country’s authorities, and brought in the aid of dozens of partners who have supported APSM’s projects. His target areas for the new term include education, support of women and young sports journalists, and development of international relations.
The participants of the General Assembly had to adhere to strict COVID-19 safety and security measures. The only time that the face masks of the participants came off was when the newly-elected Executive Board gathered to take a joint photo. The APSM Assembly was not the only event that was affected by the pandemic. The planning of the eagerly-anticipated APSM - AIPS Europe seminar had to be postponed as well.
The problematic relationship between Moldova’s Sports Press Association and the country’s National Olympic and Sports Committee (NOSC) became one of the most heated topics of discussion at the Assembly. As Eduard Ciobanu highlighted, for the first time, the media quotas for the Tokyo Olympic Games were allocated with complete disregard towards the opinions and recommendations of APSM.
The NOSC commission that allocated the quotas did not happen to have a single representative of sports media on board. This may well be the reason why the choice of who gets to go to Tokyo raised so many questions.
One accreditation was allocated to a NOSC employee who possesses no journalistic credentials whatsoever. Another photographer’s accreditation was handed over to a man who is a TV journalist by trade. He also happens to be employed by the NOSC as a press officer. Yet another accreditation was handed over to a retired sports photographer who hasn’t lived or worked in Moldova for almost 5 years. Finally, one more accreditation was returned to the IOC as unwanted…All of that regardless of the fact that several experienced Moldovan sports journalists were willing and eager to claim accreditations.
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