Reporting Diversity Network – The New Agenda

The Reporting Diversity Network (RDN) debunks stereotypical, discriminatory and hateful discourses in the Western Balkans. RDN is a group of civil society and media organisations which was established with the goal of effectively influencing media representation of diversity, primarily in the realm of ethnicity, religion and gender.

Timeframe: March 2023 – March 2027

Region/Countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia

Lead Partner: Media Diversity Institute Western Balkans (MDI WB)

Partners:

Albanian Woman in Audiovisual (AWA)

Association for the Advancement of Journalistic Practices INNOVATIVE MEDIA

Centar za istraživačko novinarstvo Crne Gore

Fondacija za razvoj Medija i civilnog drustva – MediaCentar

Kosovo Glocal

Media Diversity Institute Global (MDI Global)

Website: https://www.reportingdiversity.org/  

Funding: Reporting Diversity Network – The New Agenda project is co-funded by the European Union and the “SMART Balkans – Civil Society for Shared Society in the Western Balkans” regional project implemented by the Centar za promociju civilnog društva (CPCD), Center for Research and Policy Making (CRPM) and Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) and financially supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NMFA).

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Media diversity lacking on World Press Freedom Day: Pilot five-countr...

Media diversity lacking on World Press Freedom Day: Pilot five-countr...

Media freedom does not guarantee media diversity and inclusion, as the latest Media Diversity Index, a pilot barometer for progress in …

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Taming the Beast – Social Media Platforms and Regulating Content

Taming the Beast – Social Media Platforms and Regulating Content

A panel discussion at the Reporting Diversity Network (RDN) conference Breaking Words, Building Bridges: Responses to Polarisation in the Western Balkans in Belgrade, Serbia, September 2025.

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