An open public discussion on thorough operational reform of the public service broadcaster, Macedonian Radio-Television (MRT), and on its future development, is necessary, so that it becomes a modern European public service. An open public competition should be conducted for the election of members in the Public Service Programming Council, in order to reduce direct political influences. Moreover, all stakeholders should consider […]
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First Investigative Film Festival in Skopje
The Investigative Film Festival will take place for the first time in Skopje, from 3 to 5 November 2017, organized by the Platform for Investigative Journalism and Analysis – PINA, in cooperation with The Foundation “Friedrich Ebert”. The first festival of its kind in the region, IFFS unites local, regional and international issues related to […]
National Report: Abuse of State for Political Party Purposes
Macedonia has failed to respect human rights and freedom of expression for the past eleven years. The entire state machinery was involved to serve one political party and its establishment so as to enable them to control the politics, the business, the journalism, and the non-governmental sector all together Introduction The end of the […]
National Report: Whose Media Are These?
Author: ZORAN RICHLIEV, digital media analyst Macedonian Intitute for Media As recent developments with digital news show, the quantity of information is inversely proportional to its quality. The abundance of information which became apparent with the fast digital development, viewed from Macedonian point of view has not led to better democracy, as it was […]
Shocking testimony of Macedonian journalist Natasa Stojanovska: “A Bloody Fairy-tale”
Natasa Stojanovska Journalist at TV “24 Vesti” “A bloody fairy-tale”, by the poetess Desanka Maksimovic gained a new interpretation these days, in the Balkans, in the Macedonian Parliament. This time, the assailants were not the Germans. And the killed would reborn in different times, but guided by same ideals. People were sitting on the […]
Association of Journalists of Macedonia: The Government with money and violence is controlling the media
Source: website of the Association of Journalists of Macedonia The Association of Journalists of Macedonia has prepared a report on the indicators for the degree of media freedom and journalist safety in 2016. The report has been prepared using qualitative and quantitative methods for data gathering and analysis. According to the findings of the […]
Professor Snezana Trpevska: Political pluralism in media is indispensable for a democratic public sphere
“Political pluralism is one of the most important dimensions of media pluralism as it enables free and equal circulation of different political ideas and opinions. This means that each media outlet individually should endeavor to ensure a so-called internal pluralism in the news, or to present all opposing positions on a given topic. This is fairly […]
Macedonia: The Court in Strasbourg has ruled in favor of the journalists who were forcibly removed from the Assembly in 2012
In February 2017, the European Court on Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled that there had been a violation of the right to freedom of expression under Article 10, and violation of the right to a fair hearing under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, in the case „Selmani and Others v. the […]
Bozena Jelucic: Secondary School Students in Montenegro Study Media Literacy to Avoid Manipulation
Author: Emilija Petreska, journalist at Radio MOF Source: Radio MOF Media literacy is a serious topic in Montenegro, which is evident from the fact that the secondary schools throughout the country offer elective courses that teach students about the basic principles of the media, the ethics and the messages which are sent to the […]
National Report – Parochial Journalism – Do Media Help People to Look Beyond the National Borders?
Author: SANJA VASIC Journalist and Editor in Foreign Affairs False news is the only direct link between the American presidential elections and Macedonia. The headlines such as “The Pope endorsed Donald Trump for President”, “Hillary Clinton will be arrested on paedophilia charges”, “Michelle Obama is a man” and much more absurd news was created by false […]