During the next few weeks, you can find lots of ways to follow what’s happening in Sochi at the 2014 Winter Olympics, including through the bits and pieces of reporters’ Twitter feeds (I’ve collected them on a list here). On Monday, those bits and pieces contained the good, weird and shiny in hotel rooms, including these from NPR’s Tamara Keith, the Los Angeles Times’ Helene Elliott and the Associated Press’ Tom Withers.
The smell of paint is strong here in my clearly brand new Sochi hotel room. The paint is actually still sticky to the touch. #nprsochi
— Tamara Keith (@tamarakeithNPR) February 3, 2014
I have this in my room…but still no light bulbs in the lamps, no TV, no hair dryer. pic.twitter.com/YX4icewIda
— Helene Elliott (@helenenothelen) February 3, 2014
My hotel room in Russia. I’m one of the lucky ones. pic.twitter.com/WqKO5CtHn9
— Tom Withers (@twithersAP) February 3, 2014
To offer a view past what makes it on your television each night, here’s an evolving list of people, organizations and lists to follow through the Olympics. Who’d we miss? Let us know and we’ll add to the list.
NPR has its own Twitter account dedicated to the Olympics.
The Associated Press has a list of AP reporters covering the Olympics.
USA Today has a list of its staff at the Olympics, including Jeff Zillgitt and Christine Brennan.
Got my fat stacks of rubles for my Russian excursion. http://t.co/O6JwnRLYSX
— Jeff Zillgitt (@JeffZillgitt) February 3, 2014
Entire Swedish women’s ice hockey team — all 22 of them — are on my flight. Let the Games begin. (No fights, please.)
— Christine Brennan (@cbrennansports) February 3, 2014
The Los Angeles Times has this list of its staff in Sochi.
The Huffington Post’s list gathers all kinds of media outlets covering the Olympics.
NBC’s list is of NBC’s commentators such as Lewis Johnson.
Loving the Olympics again. #Sochi2014 @NBCOlympics #olympicselfie pic.twitter.com/LjPHxqQZXV
— Lewis Johnson (@LewisJohnsonMG) February 3, 2014
The Boston Globe’s David Filipov is in Russia.
Welcome to Sochi pack. #olympic sponsor is some herbal drink company pic.twitter.com/sNlQiUNdEp
— David Filipov (@davidfilipov) February 2, 2014
From The New York Times, here’s a list of journalists and athletes, with Juliet Macur.
Jet lagged, I bought these Sochi gloves thinking, “Cool, RAINBOW!” But, duh, they’re Olympic rings colors. Bummer. pic.twitter.com/fx88QuxjCO
— Juliet Macur (@JulietMacur) February 3, 2014
The Chicago Tribune’s list includes the Tribune’s Olympic bureau, with photojournalist Brian Cassella and Stacy St. Clair.
Packed for #Sochi! Lewis didn’t make the cut pic.twitter.com/lI6DzJhrIj
— Brian Cassella (@briancassella) February 3, 2014
Alan Abrahamson is writing and tweeting about the Olympics for 3 Wire Sports.
So warm I took my jacket off. And anyone who knows me knows how SoCal I am about this. So you know it’s warm in #Sochi2014
— Alan Abrahamson (@alanabrahamson) February 4, 2014
Martha Bellisle, a reporter for Reno Gazette-Journal, is covering the games for USA Today and Gannett.
Aeroflot’s on-flight magazine. Hockey pucks and stuffed animals #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/p3iy7kouPy
— MarthaBellisle (@marthabellisle) February 3, 2014
BSU At the Games features tweets from the Ball State University team of college journalists in Sochi. It also has a list of team members to follow. This one comes from Dakota Crawford, sports editor at the Ball State (University) Daily. Crawford and a team of students from Ball State will report from Sochi.
Just informed that @bsuatthegames is leaving for Sochi a day early. I couldn’t be happier. — Dakota Crawford (@DakotaCrawford_) February 3, 2014
Sara Shookman is reporting from Sochi for Cleveland’s WKYC Channel 3.
First authentic borscht experience. No English here — point to order. Yum! pic.twitter.com/k7Afs19dAp — Sara Shookman (@SaraShookman) February 4, 2014
From WTHR-TV Channel 13 in Indianapolis, Anne Marie Tiernon, Dave Calabro, Ryan Thedwall, John Whalen and Cyndee Hebert are all in Sochi (and most are tweeting.)
My very first tweet. Twitter is dumb. I am being forced into this. — Ryan Thedwall (@rmthedwall) February 1, 2014
From St. Louis, KSDK NewsChannel 5’s Casey Nolen is reporting from Sochi.
Not a fashion show or pageant, just medal ceremony practice for speed skating. #Sochi2014 #ksdk pic.twitter.com/ds3N8yMcfN — Casey Nolen KSDK (@CaseyNolen) February 4, 2014
The Wall Street Journal has 16 people in Sochi, and you can follow along with their list here. That team includes sports writer Brian Costa.
“Do not be worried in case you hear sirens.” pic.twitter.com/VIQN6y5lea
— Brian Costa (@BrianCostaWSJ) February 4, 2014
ESPN has a team of close to 20 in Sochi, including reporter Jeremy Schaap.
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