Robert Livingstone
| Robert Livingstone | |
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Robert Livingstone, circa 2009 | |
| Born |
October 10, 1967 Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | Producer, Journalist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
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Robert "Rob" Livingstone (born October 10, 1967) is the creator and Producer of GamesBids.com, the original and only publication that specializes in reporting on host city bids for the Olympic Games, since 1998.
Livingstone's specialty is the Olympic Games' site selection process and he frequently comments in the media on the issues related to hosting of the Olympic Games by various cities.[1][2][3]
He is a member of the International Society of Olympic Historians and the Olympic Journalists Association. With an education in business and economics and political science from York University in Toronto, he first became interested and involved in the Olympic Bid process during the 1996 Olympic Games candidacy in 1990. He has been studying and enjoying the process ever since.[4]
Livingstone has been quoted and used as a resource by print, broadcast and Web media around the world including major publications in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, Australia, France, Brazil, Austria, Germany and many other countries. He regularly provides commentary on radio and television news shows internationally (including an appearance on an Investigative Reports episode, "Tarnished Gold" that originally appeared on the A&E network on September 15, 2000).
Also an author, Robert Livingstone has contributed editorial content for newspapers and magazines including a 2005 series about New York's 2012 Olympic bid in the New York Sun newspaper.[5]
In 1998 he launched the GamesBids.com Website that has become a standard reference for the Olympic Bid industry providing news, information and commentary as well as BidIndex, the original and widely referenced Bid rating system.[6][7] The website is intended to provide a central repository of news, information and interaction to the Olympic Bid industry and those interested in it.
Education
Livingstone attended York University in Toronto, Ontario where he received a BA in Business and Economics. He attended high school at Sir Robert Borden High School in Nepean, Ontario and elementary school at German Mills Public School in Thornhill, Ontario.
Awards and nominations
In 2015, Livingstone was nominated for an inaugural International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Sport Media Pearl Award in the category of "Journalistic Weblog" for his work on GamesBids.com.[8][9]
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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| 2015 | AIPS Sport Media Pearl Awards | Best Journalistic Weblog[10] | GamesBids.com | Nominated |
References
- ↑ "Olympic Visit Buoys London 2012 Games Hope, Odds Show", Bloomberg.com, February 21, 2005. Accessed June 3, 2008.
- ↑ "Tokyo throws hat into ring for 2016 Olympic Games"Chicago Sun-Times. June 8, 2007. Accessed July 3, 2008
- ↑ "O, Shea Can You See As Olympics Plan B? Alternate sites are longshots to Games hopes" New York Daily News, June 12, 2005. Accessed July 3, 2008
- ↑ GamesBids.com: About us
- ↑ New York Sun archive site
- ↑ Bloomberg on BidIndex
- ↑ 2016 BidIndex Chicago Business website
- ↑ Sport Media Pearl Awards Website - Nominations List
- ↑ GamesBids.com Announcement,
- ↑ Sport Media Pearl Awards Website - Nominations List