Paris Conference Video Series: AP Reporter Steve Wilson

After covering ten Olympic Games for the Associated Press, Steve Wilson is an expert dealing with local authorities to have full access to events taking place both inside and outside the Olympic Village.

He has been in China recently testing the waters in which 30,000 foreign journalists will have to swim during the Games.

At the Paris Conference, he touched on the following topics of great interest to reporters who will visit China on 08-08-08.

1. Western media have paid little attention to Olympic issues and a lot to Tibetan protests.
2. Western media broadcasts are regularly blacked out by the authorities in China.
3. Will live TV broadcasts be allowed during the Games?
4. 10,000 foreign journalists will not be accredited during the Games.
5. Beijing will not stand alone as the most problematic Olympiad.