Activities
Specialized training for the safety of female journalists and media workers on October 18th and November 15th.
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 Violence Prevention and Journalist Protection," supported by the European Union, the Kingdom of Norway, the Balkan Fund for Democracy, and the Ministry of Information.
Project co-financing in northern Vojvodina: Less funding for projects, more through public procurement.
Local governments have been allocating funds to the same media outlets, mostly pro-regime, through project co-financing competitions for years. This year, budgets for media projects have been reduced while more money is being allocated for advertising in the media through public procurement, according to representatives of local media who participated in a training session on writing media projects in Subotica, organized by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM).
A three-day training for journalist safety was held at Danas.
Organized by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), a three-day training on journalist safety in the newsroom of the Danas newspaper and portal has concluded today.
EU Delegation Head in Serbia with Journalistic Associations: A Supportive Environment for the Media is Essential
The Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Serbia, Andreas von Bekerat, stated today, after a meeting with several media associations in Serbia, that the media play a crucial role in the public interest and must have a secure and supportive environment.
Project co-financing in Novi Pazar: "Lobbying through political structures is key to obtaining funding."
The process of project co-financing for media content in Novi Pazar is non-transparent, influenced by politics, and unfair, as every year more than 70 percent of the funds are allocated to a single media outlet – Radio-Television Novi Pazar, according to representatives of local media from that city.
ANEM in Novi Pazar: A Record Year for Attacks on Journalists
The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) organized a meeting today with representatives of local media in Novi Pazar. The President of the ANEM Board, Veran Matić, spoke with about twenty journalists from various local editorial offices and representatives of the non-governmental sector regarding the security situation of the media in that city.
Support for independent and professional local media and journalists should be a national priority
The position of media and journalists in Serbia is best illustrated by two media outlets from the south - the Regional Information Agency JUGpress, a civil society media that the citizens of Leskovac and southern Serbia perceive as their public service, which for years has published content in Albanian, Roma, and Bulgarian languages, and Nova Naša reč from Leskovac (the only printed media south of Niš), located in premises that were the cheapest – those of the SUBNOR, the Association of Fighters of the National Liberation War.
Project co-financing in southern Serbia: It's not the quality of the content that matters, but the corrupt system.
In the competitions for project co-financing of media projects in Vranje and other cities and municipalities in southern Serbia, the quality of content does not determine which media will receive funding, but rather a "corrupt system that evaluates projects," believes the majority of representatives from local media in Vranje, Surdulica, and Bujanovac.
Veran Matić visited JUGpress and Nova Naša Reč: Support for the Struggle for Survival.
Veran Matić, a member of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists and Chairman of the ANEM Board, visited the newsroom shared by the Regional Information Agency JUGpress and the weekly publication Nova Naša reč, and spoke with journalists about the struggle for the survival of these media outlets.
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