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News Summary
Roundtable on International Standards and Media Freedom in RS held in Banja Luka
Representatives of the Swedish Helsinki Board, the RS Government and BiH media participated at a roundtable on international standards and media freedom of journalists in the RS. RS Information Minister Rajko Vasic said that media couldn’t work under a “glass bell” (in isolation) because the attitude and position of the media depends on the situation in society. “The most important thing at this moment is that the international administration over BiH is giving responsibility to the media, which is the prerequisite for media freedom” said Vasic. Also, Vasic discussed the importance of education for journalists. Director of the Independent News Agency ONASA Mehmed Husic said that the freedom of media was especially imperiled in small towns and places because of the ease of exerting influence over journalists there. “How can we expect progress in journalism when, for example, the European Commission gives assistance amounting to DM five million to only TV BiH, OBN and the IMC” Husic added. Representatives of the RS media NTV BL, ATV and the Reporter weekly discussed their struggle for objectivity in journalism and independence in financing. But some roundtable participants had the opinion that the “so-called subservient mentality of the state media has crossed over into independent journalism.” Swedish Helsinki Board President Gerald Nagler discussed the work of Swedish journalists. Nagler defined journalism, comparing it to civil rights.
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