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Selected Winners of the Regional Journalism Award "Srđan Aleksić"
Based on the decision of the five-member jury, the winners of the Regional Journalism Award "Srđan Aleksić" for 2025 are Barbara Matejčić in the category "For Courage," Mila Vukčević in the category "For Contribution to the Community," and N1 Serbia in the category "For Media." The Special Plaque for exceptional dedication to the journalistic profession was awarded to the Novi Sad group of journalists.

NUNS has announced a competition for the regional journalism award "Gordana Suša" for television journalism for the year 2025.
The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia has announced a competition for the third regional journalism award "Gordana Suša" for television journalism for the year 2025.

EFJ: Online attacks on journalists in Europe are escalating, with the Balkans among the most affected.
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has published a report titled "Ending the Silence on Online Harassment of Journalists," which shows that online threats, smear campaigns, and digital violence against journalists have become one of the most serious challenges to media freedoms in Europe, particularly in the Western Balkan countries.

Who are the candidates for the director of RTS: Opened envelopes with applications for the competition.
At the public session of the Board of Directors of Radio-Television of Serbia, the envelopes containing the applications for the appointment of the General Director of RTS were opened. Seven applications were received, and it was concluded that three candidates have complete applications.

UNS: MIT to reconsider the decision regarding working groups for the development of media laws and strategy.
The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) is requesting that the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications (MIT) reconsider its decision on the selection of journalistic associations and media organizations that will participate in working groups for the development of media laws and the Strategy for the Development of the Public Information System from 2026 to 2030.

UNS Analysis: Funding for Media Project Co-financing Three Times Lower than Before Privatization
"In 11 years of project co-financing for the media, a total of 17,380,729,907 dinars has been allocated, which is just over 148 million euros. Despite this, it has been shown that the allocations for the media have been reduced to a third of the amount that local governments and the state designated for this purpose before privatization," it was stated at today's presentation of the "Gray Book on Co-Financing Media Content Production Projects from 2015 to 2025" at the Press Center of the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS).

Violence in Editorial Offices: Colleagues and Supervisors as the Most Common Perpetrators, Majority of Cases Unreported
Every other female journalist has experienced sexual harassment: presented results of the research on violence against women in Croatian media

Media Landscape of Serbia: Analysis of National Television Content
Despite frequent changes to the regulatory framework and the declarative increase in programming obligations for broadcasters over the past decade, the quality and diversity of television content in Serbia have not improved, which is one of the key conclusions of the analysis “The Media Landscape of Serbia: Analysis of National Television Content” published by the Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation.

Veran Matić: There is no strong pressure from Europe on the authorities in Serbia to stop hate speech and targeting.
The President of the Board of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) and member of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists, Veran Matić, appeared on the program "Wake Up" on Nova S television, where he discussed with journalist Nevena Madžarević the attacks on journalists, local media, project co-financing of media content, and the overall media situation.
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Applications are open: Training for the safety of female journalists and media workers on February 28 in Kragujevac.

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