The media audience

According to latest research conducted by the "Skan" agency from Novi Sad, the best-rated channel in Vojvodina is Radio-Television Serbia, which is watched by 25 percent of citizens. TV Pink and TV Prva hold the second (22 percent) and third position (12 percent), respectively. The Blic newspaper has the widest audience among the press and is regularly read by almost 17 percent of readers. Newspapers Kurir and Alo hold the second and third place with 6 and 4 percent, respectively. The research was organized near the end of March and included 1,500 participants in 23 municipalities in Vojvodina.
(Blic, 05/05/2011)

The youth section of the Serbian Progressive Party held a performance in Knez Mihajlova Street entitled "The Diary of Rage" – a parody of the Evening News of the Radio-Television Serbia – that aimed to point out that the public service broadcaster conveys a false image of prosperity that is created in the cabinet of the President of the Republic.
(Kurir, 08/05/2011)

Awards and contests

The Austria Press Agency (APA), in cooperation with the Bank Austria, organized a public competition for best reports on Europe and everyday life in European countries entitled "Writing for the Central end Eastern Europe 2011". The competition is held for the eighth time and the financial award amounts to 5,000 euros.
(Beta, NUNS, Pravda, 29/04/2011)

The TFT (Theather, Film, Television) magazine, edited by Slobodan Suljagic and published by the public company "Official Gazette" from Belgrade, was selected as the best magazine at the recently-held 23rd book fair in Sarajevo.
(Blic, 26/04/2011, 24sata 27/04/2011, Danas, UNS, 29/04/2011)

Film and television festival "Detectiv FEST" held in Moscow awarded the programme authored by Masan Lekic "Crnje od Crne Hronike" that is broadcast on a Belgrade station, TV Prva.
(NUNS, UNS, Politika, 29/04/2011)

Regular annual awards for investigative journalism, established by the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS) and the Embassy of the US in Belgrade, were presented to the team of the programme Insider and its series "Scam of the Century" dealing with financial abuses committed in the Kolubara mine (for investigative TV journalism); to Zoran Janjic for his article "The Cabinet of Dr Kostunica" published by E-Novine (for online journalism); and to Zoran Radulovic for his article "All Lies and Deceptions of Dragomir Tomic" published by the weekly magazine "Vranjske" (for press journalism). In the category of young journalists, the award went to the investigative team of the NUNS' Center for Investigative Journalism for its investigative series "The Miskovic Project".
(NUNS, Blic, B92, 04/05/2011; Politika, UNS, 05/05/2011)

The Office of the Council of Europe in Belgrade and the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities have announced a public contest for the best media report in the field of local self-government. The contest is open to journalists and authors of press, radio and TV reports, as well as to press, radio and TV editorial offices.
(Danas, 07/05/2011)

The South East Europe Media Organization (SEEMO) has organized a public competition for journalism award in 2011 that is issued annually for contributions to better understanding and elimination of ethnic barriers and xenophobia between the nations of the region. Detailed requirements of the competition are available at the web site of the SEEMO (www.seemo.org).
(Danas, NUNS, 05/05/2011)

Media visits

The press attache of the Embassy of the US in Belgrade, Brian Stimmler, visited yesterday Sremske Novine and said that the newspaper is one of the rare privatized newspapers that have managed to work successfully in a difficult economic environment.
(Dnevnik, NUNS, UNS, 29/04/2011)

A project of exchange of journalists between print and electronic media in Belgrade and Pristina was presented in Pristina by the president of the Association of Professional Journalists of Kosovo, Arben Ahmeti, and a member of the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS), Dragan Janjic. The implementation of the project is supported by the embassies of the US in Pristina and Belgrade.
(Beta, NUNS, Blic, Danas, 10/05/2011)

Anniversaries

The newspaper "Republika" celebrated a rare anniversary – the publication of the 500th issue. Despite numerous financial and political difficulties, the newspaper and its analytical and critical approach to social phenomena have become recognizable and unique during a period of almost a quarter of a century.
(NUNS, 10/05/2011)

One of the oldest radio stations in Vojvodina, Radio Kovacica, has organized a modest celebration of its 40th anniversary since 1 May 1971, when its programme first went on air. Radio Kovacica now broadcasts 62 hours of weekly programme in Serbian, 42 hours in Slovakian, and 11 hours each in Hungarian and Romanian languages.
(Dnevnik, NUNS, UNS, 04/05/2011)

This year marks a 30th anniversary of the airing of the first programme "Susretanja" ("Meetings") on Radio Belgrade. The programme, unique in its concept both in Serbia and in the territory of former Yugoslavia, deals with current events in the world of artistic music in the country and abroad.
(Politika, 10/05/2011)

Other news

Branko Zujovic, the vice president of the Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS), a member of the Press Council, and a correspondent with "The Voice of Russia", has been appointed as a new editor-in-chief of the weekly magazine "Suboticke Novine". Zujovic worked as an editor of "Suboticki Dani" and "Revija 024", and as a correspondent with "Nacional".
(Pravda, Dnevnik, NUNS, UNS, 04/05/2011)

The Managing Board of the Press Council announced on May 7 a public contest for the position of the secretary general of the Press Council.
(NUNS, 10/05/2011)

Milan Kalinic, a TV host, will transfer from TV Pink to TV Prva as of autumn this year to lead one of the station's biggest projects.
(Kurir, 06/05/2011)

Issue No. 3
April 28 – May 11, 2011

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