BC-OLY-Olympic-Coverage,Advisory
AP Olympic content
The Pyeongchang Winter Games run Feb. 9-25, 2018. Here are highlights of AP's coverage leading to the Olympics. This advisory will be updated weekly.
The Associated Press will cover every aspect of the Pyeongchang Olympics:
-full text coverage of all sports, photos from every venue.
-the Latest, featuring quick updates from around the Olympics and around the world.
-mobile-friendly items with visuals, ideal for sharing on social media.
-video graphics from around the Olympic city, interactives and visualizations.
-a package of one-minute video profiles on many athletes.
-Winter Games Sketchbook: serialized and instant comics on the biggest moments at the Games.
-stats and agate package with a medal table that members and customers can incorporate onto their sites.
-AP's full Digital News Experience, a mobile-friendly white label site where members can share revenue around AP's Pyeongchang coverage.
In the weeks leading up to the Games, the AP will provide:
- AP SPORTS EXTRA -- WINTER GAMES EDITION: A paginated general preview page presented in broadsheet, half-broadsheet and tabloid options. Will move on Jan. 17.
PRINT GRAPHICS:
-OLY TORCH RELAY: Map shows the route Korea of the Olympic torch relay. Sent in October.
-OLY MEDAL TRACKER: Graphic shows country-by-country tally of gold, silver and bronze medals won at the 2018 Olympics. Starts Saturday, Feb. 10.
INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS AND VIDEOS:
-OLY THE QUAD: Animated Infographic on how to accomplish the most difficult move in figure skating, the quad jump. Upcoming Feb. 1
-OLY TRIPLE-COMBO: Animated Infographic on executing the triple salchow-triple toe loop. Upcoming Feb. 1
-OLY SNOWBOARD: Animated Infographic on how to perform The Yolo Flip. Upcoming Feb. 1
LISTS:
-OLY--2016 Olympic Sport-By-Sport Schedule. Upcoming mid-January.
-OLY--2016 Olympic Daily Schedule. Upcoming mid-January.
-OLY--Olympic TV Schedule. Upcoming mid-January.
360 VIDEO:
The AP will publish several 360 videos on the Winter Games DNE, starting with Global Warming: The Hunt for Snow on Monday, Dec. 18.
WINTERGAMES SKETCHBOOK:
-OLY--WELCOME TO BIG AIR: A serialized introduction to the newest Olympic event. Upcoming mid-January.
-OLY--THE MOST DIFFICULT JUMP: A serialized breakdown of the quad, the key jump for men's figure skaters. Upcoming mid-January.
-OLY--KEEP SPINNING: A graphic how-to for a difficult spin move the women will have to perfect if they want to win gold. Upcoming mid-January.
-OLY--MCTWIST: Make it a double (McTwist) in this serialized explainer of American snowboarder Shaun White's signature trick. Upcoming mid-January.
PREVIEWS:
AP Sports will preview every Olympic sport with mobile-friendly stories. The previews will be sent over two weeks beginning Jan. 12. The previews will be resent (with minor updates if necessary) on Monday, Feb. 5. In most cases, the previews looked at both men's and women's competition, although some sports will have multiple previews. The preview schedule:
- Skeleton - Jan. 10
- Luge - Jan. 10
- Cross Country - Jan. 11
- Nordic Combined - Jan. 12
- Speed skating (long and short) - Jan. 13
- Biathlon - Jan. 13
- Alpine - Jan. 14
- Figure skating (US and World) - Jan. 17
- Ski jumping - Jan. 17
- Bobsled - Jan. 18
- Snowboard - Jan. 18
- Curling - Jan. 19
- Free skiing - Jan. 20
- Hockey (men and women) - Jan. 20
Our Olympic reporters will predict each medalist in every sport, and we'll move the full prediction list Monday, Feb. 5.
OLYMPIC ENTERPRISE AND SPOT NEWS CALENDAR:
AP reporters around the world have been producing enterprise and features about all aspects of the Olympics for more than seven years, particularly focusing on tension between the Koreas and North Korea and the U.S., security, finances, the fan experience and how the games will affect Pyeongchang. Olympic enterprise will be listed on the daily Sports digest and the twice-weekly Showcase digest. A separate Olympic spot news advisory will begin on Feb 7.
UPCOMING ENTERPRISE:
OLY--OLY-SKOREA-OLYMPICS-COLD GAMES
PYEONGCHANG - The cold is back for the Winter Games. After two straight balmy Olympics where some might have wondered if it was even winter, let alone the world's pre-eminent freeze-dependent sporting event, athletes and visitors alike will finally experience a no-joke chill in their bones during the games. By Foster Klug. UPCOMING: 600 words, photos, video. Dec. 21.
OLY--HKW-FAMILY BRANDT
VADNAIS HEIGHTS, Minn. - Marissa Brandt believed her hockey career was over, until the call came inquiring about her interest in playing for South Korea's upstart team in the upcoming Winter Olympics. As a native Korean, adopted as an infant by parents in Minnesota, she's eligible to play for the host country. The experience has given her a life-changing chance to discover her roots, but there's an even better twist. Her sister, Hannah Brandt, will also be going for the gold in Pyeongchang as a member of the U.S. women's team. By Dave Campbell. UPCOMING: 750 words, photos, video. Dec. 24.
OLY--FRE-WISE FAMILY
BRECEKNRIDGE, Colo. - When the doctor told Christy Wise she would never fly a plane again, her goal was set. The Air Force pilot who lost her leg above the knee in a boating accident set about proving him wrong. Her's is a story of determination, perseverance and also about bringing an already tight-knit family even closer. Her twin sister, Jessica, is a surgeon and her brother, David, is an Olympic gold-medal freeskier. Their work is about giving second chances to amputees in third-world countries. By National Writer Eddie Pells. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos, video. Dec. 26.
OLY--HKW-SKATING SISTERS
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. - Sisters tend to be rare on the same roster in women's hockey. The 2018 Winter Games could feature Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and her twin Monique Lamoureux-Monado working toward their third Olympic berth with the United States with Sarah Potomak playing solo for Team Canada after her sister was cut recently from the national team. By Teresa M. Walker. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos. Dec. 27.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:
OLY---THE CLIMATE GAMES
SAAS-FEE, Switzerland - Scarce snow at home and melting glaciers abroad are making it increasingly difficult for athletes in the United States and around the globe to train for the Olympics. This season, several U.S. teams abandoned their home and headed to glaciers in Europe to get some much-needed autumn training on snow. What they found when they arrived was a glimpse into the future where it's increasingly likely that not even those training sites will exist. By AP Sports Writers Eddie Pells and John Leicester. 1,500 words. AP Photos, video, 360 video, graphics.
OLY---THE CLIMATE GAMES-ECONOMICS
PARK CITY, Utah - With winters growing warmer and ski seasons starting later, billions of dollars are at stake for the ski industry. Nobody feels that impact more than world champion freestyle skier Jon Lillis, who needs snow to do his day job, and to keep business brisk at the restaurant he owns in the ski resort town of Park City. By National Writer Eddie Pells. 600 words, photos.
OLY--HKW-US-GOALTENDERS
Maddie Rooney, Nicole Hensley and Alex Rigsby all have experience playing for the United States in the world championships. None have played in the Olympics, leaving the Americans chasing their first gold medal since 1998 with a goalie making her debut on the world's biggest stage. Their head coach is a former goalieand that combination has the Americans confident in whoever ends up in net. By Teresa M. Walker. 750 words, photos, video.
OLY--FIG-BUKIN-FATHER AND SON
NOVOGORSK, Russia - Ivan Bukin is under enough pressure trying to qualify for his first Olympics, even without a famous name to live up to.The Russian ice dancer's father is Andrei Bukin, who won the gold medal in 1988 and helped make the sport what it is today with his expressive style. By James Ellingworth. 650 words, photos.
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