Cameroon’s Sports Journalists Head Back to School for a Volleyball Masterclass

A capacity-building seminar got underway at the federation’s headquarters, bringing together sports journalists and media professionals for a focused programme designed to sharpen how volleyball is covered in the country. The event was jointly organised by the Centre Coordination of the Cameroon Sports Journalists Association (CASJ) and Fecavolley itself, which says something about the spirit behind it. This was not a federation talking at the media; it was both sides sitting down together.

The agenda was split into two modules. The first session tackled the fundamentals of volleyball, giving journalists a firmer grounding in the technical vocabulary of the sport and offering practical guidance on managing press areas during competitions. It sounds straightforward enough, but anyone who has watched a reporter fumble through a post-match interview because they called a libero the wrong thing will understand why this kind of training matters.

The second module moved into more forward-looking territory, walking participants through the new FIVB regulations that will govern competitions from 2026 onwards. Rules change more often than fans realise, and journalists who are still working from an outdated understanding of the game do nobody any favours.

Leading the sessions was Marthe Eyike, an internationally certified FIVB referee whose experience on the court gives her a rather different perspective than most seminar facilitators can offer. She knows the game from the inside, and that kind of credibility tends to cut through in a room full of sceptical journalists.

It is a quiet but meaningful investment in the quality of sports journalism around a sport that deserves better coverage than it often gets.