Activities

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) is conducting a series of activities in 2025 and 2026 aimed at improving the safety of media workers in Serbia as part of the project "System for the Prevention of Violence and Protection of Journalists," which is supported by the European Union, the Kingdom of Norway, and the Balkan Fund for Democracy, as well as the Ministry of Information.

A three-day training for the safety of journalists employed in the media was organized by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) within the Wireless Media Group.

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) organized a one-day free training on journalist safety for university faculty at the Faculty of Sports of the "Union - Nikola Tesla" University in Belgrade. This training was primarily aimed at representatives of the Department of Sports Journalism, but professors from other departments also attended.

The past year was unprecedented in the number of cases filed due to attacks and threats against female journalists, male journalists, and the media, according to statistics from public prosecutors' offices. In more than half of these cases, the police have not yet provided the requested information, said Veran Matić, President of the Management Board of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), a member of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists and an operator on the Safe Line for Journalists 0800 100 115.

Members of the group Journalists Against Violence Against Women, Jovana Gligorijević and Ana Manojlović, held the third specialized training for female journalists and media workers in Inđija, at the offices of IN Media.

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) is organizing the third specialized training for female journalists and media workers on safety not only in the field but also in newsrooms, online, and in other locations where journalists are threatened or attacked. This training will take place on Thursday, January 29, in Inđija.

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) will, in the upcoming period, publish a digitized archive of the Commission for the Investigation of the Murders of Journalists Slavko Ćuruvija and Milan Pantić, as part of the project "System for the Prevention of Violence and Protection of Journalists," to inform the public about the details of the proceedings that have marked (not only) the journalism profession in Serbia over the past 20 years.

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) organized a one-day free training on journalist safety for university teaching staff at the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš, specifically for representatives of the Department of Communication and Journalism.

From the beginning of 2025, until November 30, a total of 117 cases have been formed in public prosecutors' offices related to threats and attacks on media workers, representing an increase of 112 percent compared to the same period last year, emphasized Branko Stamenković, prosecutor of the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office and member of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists (SRG).