Within our cooperation with Local Press Association we work to raise the level of professionalism among journalists and media in Serbia. We help hard pressed local media during a challenging period, when the media landscape is characterised by unfinished legal reforms, chaotic market conditions and weak professional ethics.
In order to improve professional standards in the media and promote ethically responsible journalism, we assist in building a Code of Conduct for journalists and media outlets. We organise seminars about ethics and the Public Information Act, provide free legal aid, and initiate powerful and proactive public actions. Our partner is the independent journalist association [...]
Through our cooperation we aim to assist ANEM, Association of Independent Electronic Media, and its stations to increase their capacities and influence. Our work also contributes to helping the entire media sector to improve media regulations.
Our cooperation with Press Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina is all about a continuous improvement of self regulation in print media. Our efforts are aimed at enhancing the ethical standards and the usage of the two defamation laws, in order to reduce the number of media outlets and journalists charged for compensation damages in defamation trials.
The Swedish Press Ombudsman, Yrsa Stenius, has been criticized and questioned during the last couple of months, among other for recommending the Swedish Press Council to criticize the daily Expressen for an article about Jan Guillou being in contact with KGB in the -60:s and -70:s. Expressen responded by boycotting the Press Ombudsman, and several [...]
With the aim to improve Albanian media’s ethical conduct, and contribute to an increased self-regulation of media, we organise in-house training courses on ethics and self-regulation for media outlets together with our partner Albanian Media Institute. These trainings are a supplement to the efforts of establishing and implementing a formalised self-regulation mechanism in the country.
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