| Joint
project for journalists in South-Eastern Europe
| Region: | Albania,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Former Republic of
Yugoslavia,
Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia and Turkey. (The Royaumont countries) |
Micro- < $15,000
|
Small-$15,000-$100,000 |
Medium-$100,000-$500,000 |
Large-$500,000-$1 million |
Very large- >$1 million |
| Partners: | MDI
was a partner of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on this
IFJ-led project. |
| Funders: | The
European Community |
Project objectives:
|
The objectives of the
project were: | | •
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to support editorial independence, self-regulation and ethical conduct; |
| •
| to
promote diversity within media and to enhance sources of information; |
| •
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to encourage co-operation and solidarity among journalists; |
| •
| to
raise awareness of principles of tolerance; | | •
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to enhance the social status of journalists by safeguarding trade union and professional
rights; | | •
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to strengthen and reinforce training; | |
• |
to defend and expand independent public service broadcasting and ensure media
pluralism. |
Project activities:
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MDI was subcontracted to conduct six of the project's nine components. The MDI
components were: | | 1. | to
produced a reporting diversity page in the project's regular newsletter, the 'Royaumont
News Line -- Media Focus on South-East Europe'. (Parts of newsletter were reproduced
in local media); | | 2. | to
provide a list of contacts to be made available on the Royaumont Media News web-site; |
| 3. | to
provide on-line information on diversity issues. Through this on-line service
the media of the region were presented with opportunities for inter-media cooperation
as well as documents designed to enhance their understanding of diversity-related
issues; | | 4. |
to produce a journalism training manual; | | 5. | to
co-organize a conference on 'Safety of Journalists and Journalism in Conflict'
in Ohrid, in June 1999, at which a one-day session was devoted to reporting diversity
topics and activities; | | 6. | to
produce a News Exchange Pilot Programme, which made possible made possible the
collaboration and sharing of resources among a geographically and ethnically diverse
groups of journalists. | |
