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Avgustovski monitoring medijske scene nastavlja praćenje kampanje koju tabloidi vode protiv Tamare Skrozze, zamenice glavnog urednika novinske agencije FoNet. Odgovor na tu kampanju bio je zahtev da ministar informisanja i telekomunikacija Dejan Ristić preda ostavku. Predstavnici Koalicije za slobodu medija, reagujući na saopštenje Ministarstva informisanja i telekomunikacija, predali su ministru gotov tekst ostavke i napustili zakazani sastanak. U monitoringu za avgust su, osim navedenog, obrađeni i epilog napada na novinara Uglješu Bokića, sudbina Andreja Gnjota, beloruskog novinara, režisera i političkog aktiviste, tok bespravnih radnji u vezi s OK radijom, gde nestali spisi predmeta još uvek nisu pronađeni.

Posebna pažnja posvećena je slučajevima pritisaka na srpske medije u Kosovskoj Mitrovici. Novinarka medija Euronews Anđelka Ćup bila je sprečena da prisustvuje konferenciji za štampu koju je organizovala Srpska lista u Kosovskoj Mitrovici. Na istom događaju neprijatnosti su doživele i novinarke Ivana Vanovac, urednica radija Mitrovica sever, i Maja Fićović, novinarka i direktorka radija Mitrovica sever, kao i novinarke Televizije Prva i medija Alternativa. Otvorena je i tema srpskih medija sa severa Kosova i Metohije koji ne dobijaju obaveštenja o posetama predstavnika Prištine. Zabeležen je i slučaj ugrožavanja bezbednosti redakcije KoSSev kreiranjem izmišljenih vesti i objavljivanjem fotomontaža. Takođe, u ovom Monitoringu posebno mesto ostavljeno je za podsećanje na godišnjice nestanka srpskih novinara na teritoriji Kosova i Metohije.
Monitoring za temu ima i opravdane slutnje koje prate najavu direktora Kancelarije za javnu i kulturnu diplomatiju Arnoa Gujona da će se formirati timovi koji će u inostranim medijima pratiti vesti o Srbiji.

Kao i u prethodnim izveštajima, i u avgustovskom Monitoringu zabeležen je broj neraspisanih konkursa za projektno sufinansiranje, i u vezi s tim markiran mehanizam za izigravanje projektnog sufinansiranja. Notirano je i odbijanje odbora Narodne skupštine nadležnog za informisanje da postupi u skladu sa odredbama Zakona o elektronskim medijma.

Praćenje novina iz sfere borbe protiv SLAPP-a i u ovomesečnom izvešaju ima  značajno mesto. Čitaoci Monitoringa biće u prilici da se upoznaju sa ključnim tačkama objavljene analize ,,Od ućutkivanja do osnaživanja: Regionalni odgovor na SLAPP tužbe na Zapadnom Balkanu”.

O svemu tome možete pročitati u Monitoringu medijske scene u Srbiji za avgust 2024. godine.

Ova publikacija objavljena je uz finansijsku pomoć Evropske unije i Ministarstva informisanja i telekomunikacija Republike Srbije. Za sadržinu ove publikacije isključivo je odgovorna Asocijacija nezavisnih elektronskih medija i ta sadržina nipošto ne izražava zvanične stavove Evropske unije i Ministarstva informisanja i telekomunikacija.

Ovaj Monitoring izveštaj uradio je stručni monitoring tim iz advokatske kancelarije „Savović", u saradnji sa ANEM-om.

SERBIA'S MEDIA SCENE IN AUGUST 2024

The August monitoring of the media scene continues monitoring the campaign that the tabloids are conducting against Tamara SkrozZa, the deputy editor-in-chief of the FoNet news agency. The response to that campaign was a demand that the Minister of Information and Telecommunications, Dejan Ristic, resign. Representatives of the Coalition for Media Freedom, reacting to the announcement of the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications, submitted the finished text of the resignation to the ministry and left the scheduled meeting. In addition to the above, the monitoring for August covered the epilogue of the attack on journalist Uglješa Bokić, the fate of Andrej Gnjot, a Belarusian journalist, director and political activist, the course of illegal actions in connection with OK Radio, where the missing case files have not yet been found.
Special attention was paid to cases of pressure on the Serbian media in Kosovska Mitrovica. Euronews journalist Anđelka Ćup was prevented from attending the press conference organized by Srpska lista in Kosovska Mitrovica. At the same event, journalists Ivana Vanovac, editor of Radio Mitrovica Sever, and Maja Fićović, journalist and director of Radio Mitrovica Sever, as well as journalists from Prva TV and Media Alternativa, experienced discomfort. The topic of Serbian media from the north of Kosovo and Metohija, which does not receive information about the visits of representatives of Prishtina, was also opened. There was also a case of endangering the security of the KoSSev newsroom by creating fabricated news and publishing photo montages. Also, in this Monitoring, a special place is left for the anniversaries of the disappearance of Serbian journalists on the territory of Kosovo and Metohija.

The monitoring deals with the justified suspicions following the announcement by the director of the Office for Public and Cultural Diplomacy, Arno Guyon, that teams will be formed to monitor news about Serbia in foreign media.

As in the previous reports, in the August Monitoring, the number of unannounced tenders for project co-financing was recorded, and in connection with that, the mechanism for misuse of the project co-financing was marked. The refusal of the National Assembly committee responsible for information to act in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Electronic Media was also noted.

Monitoring of anti-SLAPP news also has an important place in this month's report. Readers of Monitoring will have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the key points of the published analysis "From Silence to Empowerment: The Regional Response to SLAPP Lawsuits in the Western Balkans".

You can read about all that in the Monitoring of the media scene in Serbia for August 2024.

Media monitoring was published with the financial support of the European Union and the Ministry of Information and Telecommunication of the Republic of Serbia. The Association of Independent Electronic Media is solely responsible for its content, and that content in no way expresses the official views of the European Union and the Ministry of Information and Telecommunication.

This Monitoring Report was prepared by expert monitoring team from the law office "Savović" in cooperation with ANEM.