If you’re planning on covering the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, it’s time to start your early planning.
You already should have applied for credentials through the USOC. The APSE/USOC credentialing meeting has been scheduled for Jan. 22 at the Hilton O’Hare in Chicago. Our group may take the morning of Jan. 23 also if we need to do more work.
Next up is housing, but you’ve got some time to get that done. Rio is accepting requests from Dec. 1, 2014 through May 31, 2015.
Your first step should be to register for the Rio Exchange site. The regular site, Rio2016.com has information on it about how to register. The main thing you need to know is there is a section dedicated to Press Operations. It is here through Rio Exchange extranet that Rio 2016 will share official documents with the press.
The link for that is: https://rioexchange.rio2016.com.
Once you go there, you will need to register under press operations. It may take a bit to get something back, but you should hear from them relatively quickly. Once you get something back from Rio 2016, you can begin the process of registering for your housing. There are several choices, but some are rather far from the main press center, so look over everything carefully.
Any questions, contact me at jmicco@post-gazette.com or 412-263-3052.
