Captured News Media: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro - Reports

An analysis of media capture by state-powers and its impact on media freedom in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia 

Journalism Academy 2016 for journalists from Bosnia Herzegovina - Opportunities

The Association of Journalists of Bosnia Herzegovina invites students of journalism and young journalists (up to 35 years old) from Bosnia and Herzegovina to apply for the Journalist Academy 2016

CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism - Opportunities

The Call is open to nationals of the 18 CEI Member States, until Tuesday, 31 May 2016 (23.59 CEST)

State-media financial relations in the countries of South East Europe - Reports

A regional overview of monetary flows between the state and the media is South East Europe demonstrates the systematic misuse of public funds for establishing control over media

IREX Media Sustainability Index (MSI) - Monitoring tool

IREX Media Sustainability Index (MSI) considers developments over time, with a specific focus on economic sustainability; quality of journalism and management practices

EU Investigative Journalism Awards in the Western Balkans and Turkey - Opportunities

The 2016 calls for nominations for the EU awards for investigative journalism in the Western Balkans and Turkey has been launched between 7 - 11 March in the seven countries taking part to this regional initiative

European Western Balkans: 2015 World Press Freedom Index Thursday 10 December 2015 - Infographic

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State-Media Financial Relations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Increasingly Dependent and Disciplined Media - Reports

Overwhelming financial relations between the state and the media and lack of transparency affect media integrity in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) - Stakeholders

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) consists of individual member-organisations, registered in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania and Serbia. As a group of editors and trainers, BIRN enables journalists in the region to produce in-depth analytical and investigative journalism on complex political, economic and social themes. Through the production of Balkan Insight, BIRN`s online publication, the network trains local and regional journalists, demanding the highest international standards. BIRN emerged from the Balkan programme of the London-based Institute for War & Peace Reporting, IWPR, in 2005.

Press Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina - Stakeholders

The Press Coucil BiH is a self-regulatory body for print and online media, whose aim is to mediate between unsatisfied media readers, and print and online media as well as to supervise the application of the BH Press Code. Furthermore, it contributes to improve professional standards in print and online media of Bosnia-Herzegovina in order to protect public from unprofessional and manipulative journalistic reporting and media from political and economical pressures that jeopardize freedom of informing and freedom of media.

The complaints commission, which operates as an adivory body within the Association, considers monitoring results and public complaints about the writings of media in BiH. It monitors the implementation of the Press Code of BiH in all newspapers and publically reacts to breaches of ethical journalism standards foreseen by the Press Code of BiH.