VRANJE, 08.05.2018. – Pravdajući otkaz racionalizacijom u Pozorištu koje angažuje “honorarce”, jer ima svega 10 glumaca, Saša Stojković novinar i glumac, koji je u vranjskom teatru proveo skoro 3 decenije odigravši preko 100 uloga, otpušten je sa posla.
Ni on sam, kao ni Vranjanci, ali i NUNS koji je otkaz ocenio kao nastavak obračuna sa slobodom medija, nemaju dilemu da je otkaz posledica njegovog kritičkog izveštavanja najpre u ugašenom nedeljniku Vranjske, a potom i na portalu Infovranjske.
Stojkoviću je najpre uručeno rešenje o godišnjem odmoru, a zatim i rešenje kojim se proglašava tehnološkim viškom. Ipak, poznavaoci situacije nemaju dilemu da je otkaz usledio zbog njegovog rada u novinarstvu, u šta ni sam Stojković ne sumnja.
Od dolaska na vlast SNS-a, nada mnom i mojom porodicom vrši se sistematski teror čiji je ovo samo vrh ledenog brega. Radi se o pokušaju da me potpuno unište i da tako zataškaju lopovluke, krađe, tuče žena i švalerki u Gradskoj upravi, zapošljavanje kuma i komšinica i sve to sa zastavom SNS-a. Dok sam živ, to im neće uspeti – kaže Stojković.
Sa druge strane, Nenad Jović direktor vranjskog pozorišta, kaže da otkaz Stojkoviću nema veze sa politikom, te da je “komisija rangirala zaposlene i da je sve urađeno po zakonu”. Po novoj sistematizaciji, za Stojkovićevim zanimanjem “prestala je potreba”, a ostaje otvoreno pitanje zašto je baš on taj glumac koji je “višak“ od 10 zaposlenih glumaca.
Zanimljivo je da su predstave u kojima igram i dalje na repertoaru, a jedna od njih treba da se igra u Rusiji – napominje Stojković.
Pravni zastupnik novinara Stojkovića, advokat Mladen Vasić, kaže da će on u ime klijenta podneti tužbu najpre protiv rešenja o prestanku potrebe za radnim mestom Stojkovića, a zatim i protiv otkaznog rešenja, jer ih smatra nezakonitim, te da će od suda tražiti da se Stojković vrati na posao.
NUNS: Otkaz Saši Stojkoviću nastavak progona novinara
Nezavisno udruženje novinara Srbije u svom saopštenju najoštrije protestuje zbog otkaza Saši Stojkoviću, glumcu Pozorišta “Bora Stanković“ u Vranju i uredniku portala Infovranjske.rs.
NUNS smatra da se radi o direktnom i otvorenom pritisku vlasti u Vranju na slobodu izražavanja, jer je Stojković, dugogodišnji novinar nedeljnika Vranjske,nakon gašenja tog medija, nastavio sa nekolicinom kolega da kritički izveštava javnost preko portala Infovranjske.rs.
Saša Stojković je u vranjskom pozorištu, za 3 decenije odigrao više od 100 uloga, režirao desetak predstava, dobio nekoliko nagrada. Uprkos činjenici da vranjsko pozorište, zbog manjka glumaca, stalno angažuje saradnike iz drugih teatara, Stojković je proglašen tehnološkim viškom – navodi se u saopštenju.
NUNS smatra da sve činjenice ukazuju da je otkaz Saši Stojkoviću nastavak obračuna sa slobodom medija i poziva Udruženje dramskih umetnika Srbije da reaguje na očiglednu politizaciju pozorišta.
BRUSSELS, 08.05.2018. – The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) is today (08/05/2018) launching a video campaign to raise awareness about the poor working conditions of journalists and media workers in the Western Balkans and Turkey as documented by the European Commission’s Enlargement package 2018 published in April 2018.
Together with the support of its affiliates in the region, the EFJ is putting the focus on Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey, where working as a journalist too often means job insecurity, low wages and attacks.
This campaign aims to push for better working conditions in order to support the production of quality journalism for the public’s right to access information. If you like these videos, please share them on your social network (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter) with the hashtag #TrustInMediaSEE.
This video campaign has been produced in the framework of the project Building Trust in Media in South East Europe and Turkey, financially supported by the UNESCO and the European Union. All responsibilities regarding the contents and the actions belong to the author only and should not be considered as reflecting the views of the UNESCO.
SKOPJE, 07.05.2018 – The media in Macedonia are still on the brink of corruption, crime, manipulations and threats, political propaganda and violence against journalists. Despite the social-political turmoil, the fall of a long-standing regime to which the media were the biggest servants, changes are going slow.
Following April 27, the violent attack in the Parliament of Republic of Macedonia and the violence in which journalists suffered in addition to parliamentarians, there are still ongoing court processes in regards to the physical violence on more than 10 injured journalists.
On thе day, when the media are marking their struggle for freedom, the conclusion is that the impunity of the acts related to the attack on the journalists indicates a compelled and fictitious democracy.
The pressures, blackmail, hate speech still exist in the media space in a hidden way, while their long time of ruling is difficult to eradicate in one year.
Despite the efforts of the new government, the critical journalism still does not know what to criticize and how to criticize. Professionalism, objectivity and responsibility are reduced to mere survival and elimination of some media, as opposed to the emergence of new media.
At the round table “Is there freedom in Macedonia” organized by CIVIL, Dragan Sekulovski, the Executive Director of the Association of Journalists of Macedonia, pointed out to the grim media reality in Macedonia and the register of over 55 attacks on journalists. Just last year, 18 journalists had been victims of violent attacks in which not only had their equipment been damaged, but also their lives and the lives of their families had been endangered.
“Here in Macedonia, unfortunately, in terms of those 55 cases that we have registered, and that refer to the last four years, there is still no final court resolution”, said Sekulovski.
Even though CIVIL’s project “From understanding to defense”, dedicated to media freedom and freedom of expression, has showed that there are indicators of the media being freed through self-regulation and financial independence, the findings and recommendations of the AJM and of CIVIL indicate that there is a lack of responsibility, punishing and legal consequences for the damaged media space.
“An attack on a journalist is an attack on the democracy of a country”, highlighted Sekulovski, and the democracy in Macedonia is still walking on thin ice.
Violence and impunity of media workers and journalists is a fight that has yet to be won. The need for support of civil society organizations, but also the commitments of the relevant institutions in support of the bodies for media self-regulation and their independence will help in depoliticization, professionalism and independent work of the media. But also, there is hope that this relation media-civil society-institutions will succeed to contribute in improving the media freedoms and freedom of expression.
BELGRADE, 06.05.2018. – Journalists’ and media organizations have called the Serbian Ministry of Culture and Information to release the names of the members of a commission in charge of co-financing media content of public interest.
The Coalition of Journalists’ and Media Associations and Association of the Media also want to know the criteria used to select the members of the commission.
A Coalition press release called the Ministry “not to demean the project co-financing process through preferential treatment of organizations which are not representative of the media and journalism and warned of cases of bias in local competitions for funds which were given to phantom media that produced no content.
The Coalition was formed by several media and journalist organizations – the Serbian Journalists Association(UNS), Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (NUNS), Lokal pres, Anem and Independent Society of Journalists of Vojvodina (NDNV).
PODGORICA, 06.05.2018. – Journalist:Hello, hello…
Velizar Marković: Hello…
Journalist: Is that Velizar Marković? Good evening.
Velizar Marković: Good evening. Who is on the phone?
Journalist: This is Vladimir Otašević, journalist of ,,Dan”. I apologize for calling you in this late time. Did you receive my message? Did you see it?
Velizar Marković: No, Vladimir, but can you stop with this messages? I would like to ask you something…
Journalist: Velizar, I apologize…
Velizar Marković: Listen, Vladimir Otašević! Just listen me, now! Listen me, well! Last time I was very honest with you and told you everything, correctly.
Novinar: Well…
Velizar Marković: Listen, listen! Just listen… F.ck you with Duško Marković and Milo Đukanović and Montenegrin ass..les. I am a true citizen of Montenegro. If you want to f.ck politically and understand some things, don’t be surprised why someone killed someone. Do you understand? Do you understand, f.ck your mother! I will find you, f.ck your mother! Go, ruck, f.ck your mother!
This is the conversation between Velizar Marković, a brother of the Prime Minister of Montenegro Duško Marković and journalist Vladimir Otašević, which happened on 11. September, 2017. The journalist tried to get in touch with Velizar Marković in order to made a contact with his brother Radoje Marković from whom he wanted to get a comment on the allegations made in his account by the political party Democratic Montenegro for threatening their activists. After not answering calls, Otašević sent a message to Velizar Marković at 19.24 P.M., in which he explained that seeks contact of his brother and why. In the next call, Velizar Marković sent the journalist insults and rounders, with the threat of murder.
Numerous international and domestic media organizations have condemned the threats and urged that this case must be investigated. Prime Minister Duško Marković reacted, too, but instead to calm the situation, he warned the journalists: ,,Work as you wish, write, invent, construct, get insult the Prime Minister, but leave alone my family!”
This warning did not go unheeded as it has been seen very soon in the proceedings of the prosecution. During giving his statement on 14. September, the Police Department of Podgorica confiscated the phone of Otašević. He was explained that the phone will be sent to the Forensic Center for expertise.
According to Otašević, it is interesting that the police officer, who took the statement from Otašević, almost agreed their authorized technicians to exclude recording of the threats from Otašević’s phone and other necessary images and possibly produce photo-elaborat, because it is not complicated and it does not take much time. However, after the officer called the prosecutor Slavenko Smolović, a different directive was ordered: “Officer said that the prosecutor from Bijelo Polje, Smolović, ordered him to take away my phone, in order to allegedly used the device to investigate threats,, said Otašević.
The reactions of many organizations that confiscation of journalists’ phone endangers not only his privacy, but also a profession, was for vain. They said this distorts the rules of keeping sources of information, guaranteed by national and international legislation. Only after four months of “expertise”, on 16. January 2018, the police returned Otašević’s phone. Meanwhile, at the hearing, Otašević claimed that he had joined the investigation against Velizar Marković because of the threats sent by Marković. Otašević said he felt threatened. On the other hand, Velizar Marković before the prosecutor denied that he committed the crime. He said that he was annoyed because the journalist wrote an article titled “The prime minister’s brother is a millionaire.” “When he called me I remember that he asked firstly:” Is that Velizar Marković”, which I confirmed, and then introduced himself only with ,,Otašević”. When I heard that, I remembered the previous text of “Dan” and has been caught some nervous”, said, among other things, Marković, at the hearing before the prosecutor. Marković also said that he was a subject of journalist’s filming, but he had not said that.
The investigation, which was first launched in the Municipal Prosecutor’s Office in Bijelo Polje, has been moved to Podgorica because it was determined that the calls during which the Prime Minister’s brother sent threats to the journalist, had been sent from Podgorica. Basic State Prosecutor in Podgorica, on 25. January 2018., rejected criminal charges against Velizar Marković. While explaining his decision, Basic State Prosecutor Vukas Radonjić stated that the recording is “illegal evidence” and that the journalis Otašević had committed the crime of “unauthorized wiretapping and recording”. It was explained that the audio can not be used as evidence because it was created “by analyzing the original illegal evidence (so-called ,,fruit of the poisonous fruit”) neither the newspapers’ article from ” Dan “(in which the transcript of the conversation has been published), because it is not evidence that was collected in accordance with the provisions of the procedure within Criminal Code”. “Undoubtedly, it was found that Otašević, by activation of application “call recorder “- recorded his conversation with the suspect, on 11. September 2017. at 20:02 P.M., and did that without previously notified consent, or did it without authorization”, according to the decision of the prosecution.
In the decision, the prosecutor also refered to Article 176 a of the Criminal Code, which stipulates that ,,the person taking criminal acts of unauthorized wiretapping and recording (of Article 173 of the same law), doing that to prevent or detect criminal offense for which can be sentenced to imprisonment for 5 years or more – will not be punished”. “The crime of endangering safety of Article 168 of the Criminal Code, for which the suspect is charged, is punishable by imprisonment up to 1 year. It is clear that there is no legal basis for recording of conversation to be a legal evidence in the proceedings”, it was explained in the decision. Talking about act of Marković, the prosecutor explained: “When the words “don’t be surprised that someone killed someone“, that the suspect did not deny that they were uttered, interpreted within the described circumstances and with the unquestionable fact that they are spoken along with numerous insults and swearing at the expense of the injured party (where suspect, also, uttered a rounder to his own brother), it can not be disputed by his defense that they had no intention to threaten the journalist, but were imposed because of the nervousness in the context of presentation of the behavior of damaged (who is a journalist). Marković means that behavior of Otašević can create a revolt within the citizens with severe consequences for the press in general (the suspect says, be “beaten and killed”), all based on his own experience of their relationship. Otašević commented prosecution’s decision: “The prosecutor blamed me for the crime of illegal recording, and a person who is threatened with death was pardoned because he was a little nervous. This means that the state prosecutor said that anyone who is a little nervous, can threaten and ultimately kill journalists, and do not need to worry that he will be punished before the law”. Otašević’s lawyer Aleksandar Kovacević filed a complaint to the Higher State Prosecutor’s Office against the decision of prosecutor Radonjić. However, the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office confirmed the decision of Radonjić. Finally, at the end of April a private indictment has been filed against Marković to the Basic Court in Podgorica.
This article has been produced as a part of the project Western Balkan’s Regional Platform for advocating media freedom and journalists’ safety with the financial assistance of the European Union. The contents of this article are the sole responsibility of the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia and its authors, and can in no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union.
BEOGRAD, 04.05.2018. – Pritisci i napadi na novinare, kontrola medija kroz različite finansijske tokove kao i nefunkcionisanje relevantnih nezavisnih institucija koje bi trebalo da primenjuju zakone u ovim oblastima glavni su uzroci ugrožavanja medijskih sloboda…
… konstatuje se u komentaru organizacija civilnog društva o godišnjem izveštaju Evropske komisije o napretku Srbije na putu EU.
Ovaj komentar sačinile su Građanske inicijative, BIRN, NUNS, produkcijska grupa „Mreža“, Edukacioni centar i Transparentnost Srbija, zaključujući da se u oblasti slobode medija uočava, ne samo stagnacija, već i evidentno pogoršanje.
„Praćenje napretka medijskih sloboda iz Poglavlja 23 i oblasti „Slobode izražavanja i medija“ se pokazalo kao nedovoljno jer ne okrivaju pitanja javnih nabavki, državne pomoći, oglašavanja i ostalih oblasti koje suštinski utiču na slobodu medija“, navodi se u njihovom izveštaju.
Zato je pitanje javnih nabavki neophodno posmatrati i kroz aktivnosti iz Poglavlja 5 i Poglavlja 8 – o politici konkurencije. Kroz ovu analizu utvrđeno je da se značajna sredstva medijima i dalje isplaćuju kroz javne nabavke ili direktnu kupovinu medijskih usluga, čak i bez raspisanog tendera. Uz to, „veoma mali broj entiteta prijavljuje državnu pomoć Komisiji za kontrolu državne pomoći“, iako je to zakonska obaveza, stoji u komentaru.
Uticaj države na medije vrši se i putem oglašavanja državnih organa što je moguće posmatrati i kroz Poglavlje 28, o zaštiti potrošača, a ovde se konstatuje da još uvek nisu doneti adekvatni propisi, što otvara prostor za brojne zloupotrebe i pritiske na medije.
„Sredstva se prelivaju iz javnih preduzeća medijima kroz ugovore o sponzorstvima, pojedini ugovori sa medijima sadrže klauzule koje su sa stanovišta nezavisne uređivačke politike i medijskih sloboda neprihvatljive, dok pojedina javna preduzeća i dalje ne dostavljaju javnosti informacije o svom radu“, navodi se u komentaru.
Finansiranje medija putem konkursa za medijske projekte nije ništa bolje uređeno, stoji u ovom izveštaju, jer se često finansiraju projekti koji nemaju dodirnih tačaka sa ostvarivanjem javnog interesa, a nijedna državna institucija nema kompletne ni sistematizovane podatke o procesu sufinansiranja.
Zbog toga organizacije civilnog društva kao preporuku upućuju da Vlada Srbije treba da obezbedi primenu zakona, kao što je izvršenje odluke o gašenju Tanjuga, radi ravnopravnosti aktera na tržištu, ali i dovrši procese privatizacije medija, među kojima se izdvajaju Večernje novosti, Politika i novosadski Dnevnik. Takođe, potrebno je uvesti posebna pravila za državnu pomoć u oblasti javnog informisanja, i evaluaciju konkursa za sufinansiranje medijskih projekata.
Ugrožena bezbednost i pritisci vlasti
„Novinari se u svom svakodnevnom poslu suočavaju sa političkim pritiscima i nemaju slobodu da obrađuju teme na profesionalan način. Pritisci dolaze, kako iz samih medija, tako i od izvršne vlasti“, zaključuje se delu komentara koji se bavi osnovnim pravima u medijskoj sferi. Oni podsećaju da su zbog drastičnih slučajeva ugrožavanja bezbednosti novinara, predstavnici medija zamrzli svoj status u radnoj grupi za podizanje nivoa bezbednosti novinara, a zbog pritisaka vlasti predstavnici struke napustili su i radnu grupu za izradu medijske strategije.
Hitno izmeniti zakone o REM-u
Kao posebno problematična, izdvajaju se i pitanja iz Poglavlja 10 o Informacionom društvu i medijima, čime je obuhvaćen rad Regulatornog tela za elektronske medije (REM). U analizi se zaključuje da, osim politizacije izbora članova Saveta REM-a nepoštovanjem procedura za donošenje odluka o članovima, samo regulatorno telo ne vrši svoje osnovne funkcije. „REM ne preduzima nikakve mere kako bi emiteri ispunjavali svoje obaveze po pitanju vrste i kvaliteta programskih sadržaja“, stoji u izveštaju sa preporukom da se promeni način izbora članova Saveta REM-a, da oni budu birani u samo jedan mandat, te da se zakonima uvedu jasnije sankcije kako za medije, tako i za regulatorno telo, u slučaju da ne ispunjavaju svoje zakonske dužnosti.
PODGORICA, 04.05.2018. – Male i neredovne plate, višegodišnji honorarni status, zastarjela tehnika i ograničena sloboda izvještavanja – tako zaposleni u lokalnim javnim medijima u Crnoj Gori opisuju svoj život u redakcijama.
Iako nijesu u epicentru društvenih i političkih dešavanja, problemi sa kojima se suočavaju u malim redakcijama uglavnom se ne razlikuju previše od onoga što proživljavaju njihove kolege u Glavnog gradu.
Na lokalnom nivou u Crnoj Gori radi 14 javnih radio emitera (Andrijevica, Bar, Bijelo Polje, Berane, Budva, Cetinje, Danilovgrad, Herceg Novi, Kotor, Nikšić, Pljevlja, Rožaje, Tivat, Ulcinj) i tri televizije (TV Budva, TV Nikšić, TV Pljevlja). Većina njih je u lošoj ekonomskoj situaciji, pa su zarade zaposlenih ispod prosjeka ili kasne nekoliko mjeseci.
Naš sagovornik iz RTV Pljevlja, Edin Zuković, kaže da u toj medijskoj kući zaposleni iz mjeseca u mjesec nijesu sigurni da li će i kada primiti zarađeni novac.
“U situaciji kada zaposleni ne može da obezbijedi egzistenciju svojoj porodici, teško može da da sve od sebe i profesionalno obavlja obaveze”, kaže Zuković.
U rijetkim lokalnim medijima koji imaju stabilne finansije, mladi novinari sa fakultetskim obrazovanjem godinama ne uspijevaju da ostvare stalni angažman – punu platu, poreze i doprinose.
“Konstatno mi se spočitava da moram obuzdati svoje nestrpljenje u namjeri da dobijem stalni posao, jer po riječima moga direktora, ja trebam biti prezadovoljna što imam priliku biti saradnik u lokalnom radiju u rodnom gradu kojem sam se vratila nakon studija”, priča naša sagovornica koja već pet godina radi kao honorarna saradnica u lokalnom mediju.
Radi, kaže, isti posao kao i njene kolege sa dužim radnim stažom, a plaćena je trostruko manje:
“Da mi nije neophodno to sjeme od plate, ne znam da li bih sve to trpjela. ‘Biće bolje, samo budi strpljiva’ je rečenica koju slušam svakodnevno, a sve manje vjerujem u to”.
Prema istraživanju koje je uradio Sindikat medija Crne Gore, skoro 8 odsto novinara ima honorarni status, dok 11 odsto anketiranih radi na određeno. Anketirani su saglasni da se njihov ekonomski položaj pogoršao čak i u odnosu na prošlu godinu, pa je 53 odsto njih istaklo da je ekonomski položaj dosta oslabio, a zarade u lokalnim javnim emiterima niže su nego u medijima koji rade na državnom nivou.
Podaci Sindikata medija CG
U Sindikatu medija podsjećaju da Zakon o elektronskim medijima predviđa finansiranje javnih emitera iz državnog budžeta i budžeta lokalnih samouprava, kao i da tim propisom nije utvrđen najmanji iznos dijela opšteg budžeta koji treba biti utvrđen zakonom (kod državnog javnog emitera) i odlukama o osnivanju (kod lokalnih javnih emitera).
“U prethodnom periodu uočljive su različite prakse lokalnih samouprava u finansiranju lokalnih javnih emitera koje su uslovljene veličinom budžeta lokalnih samouprava, ali i vrstom emitera (radio ili televizija)”, navode iz ove organizacije.
Podaci iz Analize položaja lokalnih javnih emitera i novinara u medijskim zakonima CG, autori: prof.dr Sandra Bašić Hrvatin, Goran Đurović.
(Ne)sloboda na lokalu
Brojna istraživanja u kojima su učestvovali novinari pokazala su da je sloboda izvještanja u medijima ograničima, kao i da se zaposleni u radu suočavaju sa samocenzurom – kada moraju da biraju teme u okvirima koji medij u kojem radi praktikuje.
Ipak, naši sagovornici iz lokalnih medija, na skali od jedan do pet slobodu izvještavanja u redakcijama ocjenjuju sa tri.
“Kad je u pitanju sloboda izvještavanja, tu nisam imala nikada problema”, kaže naša sagovornica i dodaje:
“Nisam imala situaciju da budem spriječena u namjeri da nešto napišem ili u odabiru sagovornika, što možda zavisi i od teme”.
Ipak, smatra da je ključni problem što u mediji u kojem radi nema jasne uređivačke politike i to obeshrabruje mlade novinare da rade više i bolje.
“Uređivačka politika po principu ‘svidjeti se svima i nikome se ne zamjerati’ i nije neko uređivanje. Obzirom da je naš osnivač Opština i da je ona ‘grana na kojoj sjedimo’, rekla bih ipak da smo malo preblagi u komentarisanju rada lokalne samouprave, što nam sugrađani često i zamjeraju”
Ovo mišljenje dijeli njena koleginica iz lokalnog medija.
“Generalna politika nezamjeranja sa finansijerom formira atmosferu, u kojoj se naklonost apsolutnoj slobodi rada po svijesti i savjesti tretira kao nepoželjna”.
Obije su saglasne da je uticaj urednika na njihov rad uglavnom tehničke prirode.
“Ne mogu reći da sam ikada bila pritisnuta da nešto ne odradim, ili odradim suprotno savjesti, ali je moja beskompromisnost i oštrina često predmet kritike, ali post factum. Što iritira, ali ne ograničava”.
Ipak, ista sagovornica kaže i da je bila pod indirektnih pritiskom sagovornika koji su direktoru postavljali pitanje ‘koliko je ona kao novinarka korektna’.
“Sama činjenica da me je svaki put o tome obavijestio može se protumačiti kao neka vrsta eksterno internog pritiska”.
Marijana Camović iz Sindikata medija smatra da je anketa te organizacije pokazala da novinari trpe različite uticaje pojedinaca.
“Čak 76,6% ispitanika istaklo je da njihovi nadležni urednici veoma ili djelimično utiču na njihov rad”, kazala je ona i dodala da su novinari saglasni u tvrdnji da na njih skoro i ne utiču vlasnici medija i menadžeri što se može objasniti činjenicom da menadžment utiče primarno na urednike koji kasnije te zahtjeve nameću novinarima.
Zloupotreba autorskih tekstova
Naši sagovornici zaposleni u lokalnim javnim emiterima nerijetko se suočavaju i sa zloupotrebom autorskih tekstova. Kažu da nije retko da rad mladih novinara u lokalnim medijima bude zloupotrebljen i da u takvim situacijama ne dobijaju adekvatno zaštitu uredništva.
“Nije rijetkost da se tekst ili tema koju obradim nađe na stranicama ili u eteru drugog medija, jer naše kolege su dopisnici dnevnih novina i saradnici drugih radio stanica, što djeluje jako ponižavajuće na moj intelekt, jer ako se pobunite vi ste automatski nekolegijalni”.
Lokalne javne emitere muči i nedostatak odgovarajućih kadrova koji bi mogli kvalitetno da odgovore raznim izazovima ovog posla.
“Mladog, kvalitetnog i školovanog novinara je veoma teško zadržati više od godinu dana, čim steknu nekakvu praksu, ‘pobjegnu glavom bez obzira”’.
Još veći problem je, kaže, tehničko osoblje.
“Bez dobrog snimatelja, montažera…, koliko god da je novinar kvalitetan, nije moguće kvalitetno uraditi ni jedan prilog a pogotovu emisiju. A gdje danas naći dobrog, školovanog snimatelja, montažera… koji bi radio, recimo u TV Pljevlja. Nisam siguran da postoji neka škola, akademija ili slično. U Crnoj Gori koja školuje ovaj kadar, a mislim da je neophodna”.
Turbulentni Javni servis
Posljednje dvije godine za Javni servis (RTCG) u Crnoj Gori su bile veoma turbulente.
Zbog čestih optužbi javnosti da je Javni servis u funkciji vladajuće partije, opozicija je uoči parlamentarnih izbora 2016., formiranje Vlade izbornog povjerenja, uslovila smjenom vodećih urednika ove medijske kuće.
Direktorica televizije, urednica informativnog programa i šefica deska su tada podnijele ostavke. Nakon smjene menadžmenta RTCG-a, posmatračka misija OSCE/ODIHR u izvještaju je navela da su pojedini sagovornici u Crnoj Gori pohvalili vidljive promjene u uređivačkoj politici.
Prošle godine izabrana je i nova generalna direktorica RTCG – Andrijana Kadija. Nakon toga su, glasovima vladajuće većine u Skupštini Crne Gore, a na osnovu prijava o navodnom konfliktu interesa, smijenjena dva člana Savjeta Javnog servisa, a zatim i predsjednik Savjeta.
Zbog smjene članova Savjeta i, kako su tvrdili, političkog pritiska vladajuće partije na članove ovog tijela i nezavisnost Javnog servisa, grupa nevladinih organizacija organizovala je protest ispred Parlamenta.
Oni su tvrdili da skupštinski Administrativni odbor, na osnovu čijeg predloga Skupština imenuje članove Savjeta, nezakonito djeluje i da je cilj vladajuće većine da se uspostavi partijska kontrola nad Javnim servisom.
Problem nezavisnosti RTCG-a je to što finansira većim dijelom iz budžeta. Posljednjim izmjenama Zakona je učinjen korak u obezbijeđivanju finansijske održivosti javnog servisa, kroz novi model finansiranja od 0,3% BDP-a odnosno oko 17,8 miliona eura. Javni servis je u 2016. poslovao sa gubitkom od 1,7 miliona eura, a Radio-difuznom centru duguje 2,4 miliona eura.
Od 1245 zaposlenih u medijima u Crnoj Gori, 735 radi u Javnom servisu (podaci Sindikata medija). Ova medijska kuća ima 242 novinara, a njihova prosječna zarada je 572 eura.
Analiza Sindikata medija pokazuje da ovaj mediji ima svoj Etički kodeks kojim se predviđaju pravila ponašanja članova Savjeta, direktora I zaposlenih, kao i etički principi reklamiranje. Ipak, nezavisnost i samostalnost novinara i urednika, propisana je Statutom RTCG.
I preporuka EU u Izvještaju o napretku Crne Gore je da “urednička nezavisnost RTCG treba da postaviti kao prioritet, pošto istinski nezavisan javni servis koji dobro funkcioniše predstavlja ključni aspekat medijskog pluralizma. Od suštinskog je značaja da RTCG obezbijedi i uredničku i finansijsku nezavisnost od političkih uticaja i da obezbijedi da sve promjene u upravi budu u skladu sa zakonom”.
Naša sagovornica, dugogodišnja novinarka u Javnom servisu, na skali od 1 do 5, slobodu izvještavanja u ovoj medijskoj kući ocijenjuje sa 3.
“Uredništvo odredi neke teme, ali mnoge odredim i sama. Kad radim svoju autorsku emisiju, sve teme su moje. Ipak, na dnevnoj bazi, kroz informativu, pita se i rukovodstvo. Ne mogu to nazvati čistom cenzurom, više neznanjem i nesigurnošću uredništva šta treba, a šta ne treba. U Radiju je stanje ipak bolje nego na TV”, kaže ona.
Na njen rad, kaže, direktno ne utiču ni partije, ni uticajni pojedinci, a ni oglašivači:“Nikad mi se niko od njih nije obratio sa nekim zahtjevom”.
Ipak, naglašava da neke teme ostaju neobrađene ili površno obrađene jer ih, kako kaže, bolje je ne čačkati.
Novinarka Mila Radulović iz Društva profesionalnih novinara smatra da su smjene u Savjetu RTCG stvorile klimu da većina zaposlenih strahuje od ponovne smjene uređivačkog tipa, a samim tim i promjene uređivačke politike.
“U takvim situacijama stvaraju se i ‘očekivana’ izvještavanja. Novinari sada smatraju da rade slobodnije i profesionalnije jer u izvještajima mogu da kotaktiraju sve strane što ranije nioje bio slučaj”, kazala je Radulović.
Ona smatra da novinari i urednici Javnog servisa očekuju da im država omogući da profesionalno rade svoj posao, ali nijesu spremni da o tome javno govore i da istupaju.
U RTCG-u se sindikalno udružuju
Zaposleni u RTCG su sindikalno organizovani i njihov Sindikat pristupio je prošle godine Uniji slobodnih sindikata i Sindikatu medija, kao reprezentativnom granskom sindikatu medija. Sindikat medija, ukupno ima 600 članova, od čega su dvije trećine zaposleni u javnim medijima.
Naša sagovornica nije članica Sindikata, ali smatra da novinarska i sindikalna udruženja moraju uticati da status zaposlenih u medijima bude bolji. “Ne vidim da za sada sindikalci utiču na one koji odlučuju o položaju novinara u društvu, ali vjerujem da će ipak uspjeti”, kazala je ona.
Da bi pomogli kolegama da štite svoja prava i da bi vratili ugled profesiji, novinari su osnovali Društvo profesionalnih novinara Crne Gore.
“Novinari se uglavnom načelno žale na težak, odnosno stresan posao, niske plate, pojedinci na mobing… Kolege sa javnog servisa žale se na politički pritisak pod kojim rade, a koji je posljedica posljednjih dešavanja u RTCG”, kaže Mila Radulović iz ovog udruženja.
Ona smatra da novinari slabo svoja prava i obaveze iz Zakona o mediji, kao i praksu Evropskog suda za ljudska prava.
“Do sada smo učestovali u izmjenama nekih propisa koji se tiču našeg posla (Zakon o medijima, Zakon o SPI), imamo pravni tim koji pruža besplatnu pravnu pomoć i koji pokušavamo da unapredimo.To je za sada jako malo, pokušavamo da ojačamo naše administrativne kapaciteta kako bismo mogli mnogo više i kvalitetnije da se posvetimo tome”, kazala je Radulović.
“This project is funded by the European Union through the small grants programme “Protecting Media Freedom and Freedom of Expression in the Western Balkans” implemented by the Croatian Journalists’ Association as part of the regional project Western Balkan’s Regional Platform for Advocating Media Freedom and Journalists’ Safety, carried out through partnership of six regional journalists’ associations – Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS), Association of BH Journalists (BHJ), Croatian Journalists’ Association all public communications, the Grantee is obliged to comply with the European Commission’s visibility requirements (CJA), Association of Journalists of Kosovo (AJK), Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM) and the Trade Union of Media of Montenegro (TUMM).”
SARAJEVO, BANJA LUKA, TREBINJE, ZENICA, BIHAĆ, TUZLA, MOSTAR, BRČKO, BIJELJINA, DOBOJ – The world expects the May 3rd this year with a general downward trend in media freedom and the deterioration of the working conditions of journalists and other media professionals, while there is a serious drop in media freedom in the Balkans. BH Journalists Association in cooperation with the Youth Journalists Association organized today on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day, a campaign in ten bh cities to draw public attention to the problems faced by media and media professionals in their daily work.
Activist Iman Muratovic emphasized in a statement for journalists in Sarajevo that the world expects the May 3rd this year with a general downward trend in media freedom and the deterioration of the working conditions of journalists and other media professionals, while there is a serious drop in media freedom in the Balkans.
– According to the reasearch of “Reporters without Borders” BiH is at the 62. place , from 180 countries on the list – emphasized she.
In today’s campaign, activists talked with passers-by on the importance of the 3rd May and shared appropriate promotional material with them on the Day of Freedom of the Media.
– We walked through Sarajevo, but also our activists in nine other cities in BiH. It is more important to do this than to stand in the place and wait for someone to approach us,” she said.
Similar actions were organized before, and Muratović says that although small there are some improvements. She believes that it will be better in the future, “of cource, if we continue to speak about the Worl Press Freedom Day”.
The Youth Journalists Association in BiH gathers young people interested in journalism and their vision is to be the umbrella organization of all youth media and contribute to the media literacy of the population and their critical reflection, informed Fena.
SKOPJE, 04.05.2018 – The Association of Journalists of Macedonia in cooperation with representatives of the Government as well as with partners from the European Union and the Embassy of the USA yesterday organized an event which marked the International day of press freedom. On the event spoke the president of AJM, Naser Selmani, the Minister of Transparency and Accountability Robert Popovski, Lukash Holub, the head of the Political Affairs, Information and Communications Department at the Delegation of the European Union and David Stephenson, head of the political-economic office in the USA Embassy in Skopje.
In his speech, the President of AJM expressed solidarity with fellow journalists from Europe, Daphne Caruana Galizia and Jan Kuciak, who lost their lives carrying out their journalistic duties. “The professions such as journalism are very rare, where the price for a well finished job is paid by your own life,” Selmani said.
According to him, journalists are attacked, censored and punished in order to be silenced and the truth to be hidden from the public. “Today we should stand firmly in defense of independent media if we want to protect ourselves from every kind of propaganda and abuse,” he said.
The head of the Political Affairs, Information and Communications Department at the Delegation of the European Union, Lukash Holub, said that in European societies, the media provide an irreplaceable form of exchange of different opinions and attitudes, and that journalists have an incredibly important role to play in this. “These are not easy times and they require serious and continuous dedication and attention. In this process, the government, the media, the civil society and the private sector need to reflect European values in their everyday work and life,” he said.
“Political parties should immediately react with their members if they threaten journalists. There should be zero tolerance for attacks on journalists. Proper reporting and press freedom are very important issues for the EU. But journalists should report correctly and without bias,” said the EU representative.
US Embassy official David Stephenson said that the theme of the International Press Freedom Day this year is the control of power. He said transparency provided by the media is very important for the responsibility of the government and the rule of law in the country. Stephenson praised the AJM in promoting the freedom of speech. “I would like to thank the Association of Journalists of Macedonia for its work, especially for keeping the register of attacks on journalists, which we often use in preparing various reports,” he stressed.
“We need to work together on media freedom standards which should be applied and followed by every government in future. So far, we as a government did many things, but there is still a lot of work ahead of us,” said the Minister of Transparency and Accountability Robert Popovski. He added that this government will have zero tolerance for threats and attacks on media workers.
This event was organized within the project “Journalists’ network for media freedom in Macedonia” which is financed by the European Union.
This article has been produced as a part of the project Western Balkan’s Regional Platform for advocating media freedom and journalists’ safety with the financial assistance of the European Union. The contents of this article are the sole responsibility of the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia and its authors, and can in no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union.
