From Toronto to Madrid: Sport Media student thrives in Olympic Media Innovators Programme

Third-year student Tiegan Clark gains hands-on experience and global perspective at Olympic Broadcasting Services headquarters

By: Mays Saifan

November 11, 2025

Third-year Sport Media student Tiegan Clark recently took part in the renowned Olympic Media Innovators Programme (OMIP), an initiative that brings together ten up-and-coming women in sports media from around the world.

Hosted at the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) and Olympic Channel Services (OCS) headquarters in Madrid, the immersive experience offered participants a behind-the-scenes look at the departments responsible for producing global Olympic coverage.

Tiegan Clark, a young woman, smiling while standing between two Olympic flag banners inside the Olympic Broadcasting Services headquarters.

Tiegan Clark at the Olympic Broadcasting Services headquarters in Madrid

“Being one of the ten young women who had the chance to visit the OBS and OCS headquarters in Madrid was really special, and I will never forget the experience,” says Clark.

“Getting to see each department and what they do during game time was especially interesting, and when we shadowed some of the departments, I was able to write an article and it got published later that day.”

A group of nine young women standing together in front of several Olympic flag banners at the Olympic Broadcasting Services headquarters. Tiegan Clark is third from the right, wearing a pink sweater.

Participants of the Olympic Media Innovators Programme at the Olympic Broadcasting Services.

Her story, Ten-year-old Riley Sharpe: The British snowboarding phenom carving out a name for himself (external link, opens in new window) , was featured on the official Olympics website. The piece allowed Clark to combine her storytelling and production skills in a real-world Olympic context.

Now aspiring to become a camera operator, Clark says OMIP showed her “the path to being a camera op, especially as a woman, is not as far off as I thought.”

Tiegan Clark holding a professional shoulder-mounted video camera inside the Mattamy Athletic Centre, wearing a headset and plaid shirt in the arena space.

Tiegan Clark operating a camera inside the Mattamy Athletic Centre.

Tiegan Clark wearing a headset and standing beside a studio broadcast camera in the Arthur Smith Virtual Production Studio, surrounded by lighting equipment and a green screen.

Tiegan Clark in the Arthur Smith Virtual Production Studio.

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