FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, in collaboration with FIDE Journalist Commission, has decided to establish a special FIDE award to recognize outstanding contributions for the popularisation of chess by journalists, who have successfully created and made TV Chess programmes. Recognizing its...
Chess Journalists appoint new President and Vice President
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 30, 2013 Chess Journalists appoint new President and Vice President The Board of Directors of Chess Journalists of America (CJA) has announced the election of Frank Niro and Jeffrey Roland as interim president and vice...
Educating journalists
The 12 Chess Terms That Every Journalist Needs To KnowJoe WeisenthalDec. 26, 2012, 5:07 PM Here’s a headline that was in USA Today a few days ago: Obama, Boehner continue stalemate on ‘fiscal cliff’. Anyone who knows chess terminology...
Things you need to know to get more chess coverage in the media
I am sure many of you have wondered why chess isn’t covered more prominently in the media. Here is the inside look of how journalists think. Knowing this valuable information, you can figure out how to approach journalists about...
Chess Journalists in ECU
Silvio Danailov to create Club of the Chess Journalists in ECUIt will be an advisory body in ECU The candidate for President of the European Chess Union Mr. Silvio Danailov plans to create Club of the Chess Journalists as...