Western Balkans
Magazine by young journalists looks into working conditions in Western Balkans & Turkey
Tags: #TrustInMediaSEE, turkey, UNESCO, Western Balkans
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) published on 8 May 2019 a magazine focusing on journalists' working conditions in the Western Balkans and Turkey. The contributors are six students in journalism from the region, winner of the 2019 Journalism Students Award. The first edition was organised by the journalists' unions and associations in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH Journalists), Kosovo (AGK), Montenegro (TUMM), North Macedonia (SSNM), Serbia (SINOS) and Turkey (TGS), in partnership with the EFJ. The objective was to involve the young generation in the debate on working conditions in countries where journalists often face precariousness, insecurity and lack of…
Public service media in the Western Balkans – Ensuring complaint mechanisms and audience engagement
Tags: editorial independence, media literacy, public service media, Western Balkans
The regional workshop on developing complaint mechanisms and/or improving existing ones for Public Service Media in Western Balkans has started today, 21 February, in Tirana, Albania. The workshop brings together the program directors and editors-in-chief from the six PSM to discuss, examine and assess the role of complaint mechanisms with European experts in the field. What are the conditions for an effective complaint mechanism? How can complaint mechanisms improve relations with the audience and thereby trust and quality in psm? The importance of media literacy will be highlighted with examples from the region, as it is closely related to audience…
Fair trial on appeal for Jovo Martinovic
Tags: Western Balkans
Western Balkan's Regional Platform for advocating media freedom and journalists' safety, which represents more than 8000 members, calls the Appellate Court of Montenegro to reconsider the first-instance verdict of the Higher Court, which find the investigative journalist Jovo Martinovic guilty, two days ago in Podgorica. Martinovic was sentenced to 18 months in prison for criminal offenses of creating a criminal organization and unauthorized production, possession and trafficking of narcotic drugs. The judgment is the first instance and an appeal is permitted. Martinovic spent 14 months in detention, and since January 2017 he was allowed to defend himself while at liberty.…
Western Balkans: How to fight self-censorship in public service media newsrooms
Tags: BREG, Ethics, Western Balkans
On 18 and 19 October in Belgrade, programme directors and editors' in chief discussed with members of the EFJ Broadcasting Expert Group how to best implement code of conducts and editorial guidelines for Public Service Media in Western Balkans. The workshop was implemented by the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and is part of a two-year project "Technical Assistance to Public Service Media in the Western Balkan" led by the IFJ in cooperation with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The EFJ trainer Muriel Hanot, Director of the Belgian Press Council, gave a presentation about ethical standards in Belgium including the use…
Serbian journalist Dino Jahić faced insults and death threats
Tags: Hate Speech, safety, Serbia, Western Balkans
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) expresses deepest concerns regarding the insults and death threats targeting Dino Jahić, the editor-in-chief of the Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia (CINS). The EFJ joined the Western Balkan's Regional Platform for Advocating Media Freedom and Journalists' safety in calling on the Serbian and Bosnian authorities to stop discrediting journalists and respect media pluralism as well as freedom of speech. The smear campaign against Dino Jahić started on 21 August 2018, when Milorad Dodik, president of the Serb-dominated entity in Bosnia (Republika Srpska), accused during a press conference Dino Jahić of drawing on huge…
Examining and assessing PSM editorial guidelines of the Western Balkans
Tags: broadcasting, PSM, Western Balkans
A new publication on editorial guidelines or codes of conduct in the public service media of the Western Balkans was drafted by Renate Schroeder, director of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), and presented during a launching event of the EU-funded project "Technical Assistance to Public Service Media in the Western Balkans" in Tirana, Albania, in June 2018. The project is managed by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in close cooperation with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), in collaboration with the EFJ, Austrian public broadcaster ORF, the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network and the Office of the Eurovision News Exchange…
New project to reform Public Service Media in the Western Balkans kicked-off in Albania
Tags: ebu, PSM, turkey, Western Balkans
One of the priorities in the Western Balkans is to transform Public Service Media from state media into a genuine service for citizens. To facilitate this reform the European Union invested 1.5 million EUR through the project "Technical Assistance to Public Service Media in the Western Balkans", which has been promoted at a two-day kick-off conference in Tirana. The conference gathered around 60 participants including representatives of international organisations, PSM directors and senior officials, political decisionmakers and representatives of NGOs and broadcasting regulatory bodies from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. Reminding of the negative assessments…
Photo exhibition: Journalists' working conditions in Western Balkans and Turkey is not only about the danger
The life threatening conditions of journalists working in Western Balkans and Turkey is a part of everyday reporting, however, the struggle is not always about the danger, as noted by Renate Schroeder, director of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ). The opening remarks were made at the preview of the photo exhibition "Journalists' working conditions in Western Balkans and Turkey" on the 12th of June 2018, at the Press Club Brussels. The photographs from local photographers and photojournalists depict the reality which tends to be kept behind the lenses of reporting – ranging from being on guard on the field…
Photo exhibition preview: "Journalists' working conditions in the Western Balkans and Turkey", 12 June, Press Club Brussels
Tags: #TrustInMediaSEE, UNESCO, Western Balkans
The European Federation of Journalists cordially invites you to the exhibition preview "Journalists' working conditions in the Western Balkans and Turkey " on Tuesday 12 June, from 17h30 to 19h. The preview will take place at the Press Club Brussels and will be followed by a drink. This exhibition is organized in the framework of the "Building trust in media in South East Europe and Turkey" which receives financial support from the EU and the UNESCO. It seeks to strengthen freedom of expression, access to information, free, independent and pluralistic media, ensuring that journalists and media are key drivers for democratic,…
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