MACEDONIA 
 Lessons learned"

Aleksandra Dukovska"Hubert Humphrey Fellow 2010/2011"

Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication "

       MACEDONIA"          

LOCATION: EASTERN EUROPE, BALKAN PENINSULA """"SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE: Parliamentary Democracy""" GDP PER CAPITA 2010 - $4.634 " (source IMF – World economic outlook database) """"KEY TOPICS COVERED BY THE MEDIA: Employment, Education, Name Squabble, Economy, Interethnic Relation""            

NEIGHBOUIRING  COUNTRIES  

   

ALBANIA  SERBIA  KOSOVO    BULGARIA  GREECE  

PRE REVOLUTION PERIOD 
1980 - 1990"

•  The death of TITO in the media"

•  The energy of 80s in culture and music in Yugoslavia "

•  Ante Markovic economic liberalization did not prevent the dissolution of the former state"

 

BUSHAVA AZBUKA MACEDONIAN SEZAME STREET FROM 1985"

 The  wind  of  change  1990    

Na@onal  radio  Channel  2  started  to  air  talk  shows  were  listeners  said  their  opinion    RADIO  NOMA  was  first  city  radio  with  news,  talk  shows  and  specialized  programs    First  aPempt  for  private  daily  newspaper  Republic  ended  aRer  couple  of  printed  edi@on  

RADIO 103"

TV STATIONS"REGISTERED TV STATION 75 "(SOURCE Broadcasting Council) "

"First private A1 TV launched 1993"SITEL TV launched 1993"TELMA TV launched in the beginning of 90s"Channel 5 TV launched 1998"ALFATV launched 2008"ALSATM TV launched 2008""  

NEWSPAPERS COVER CHILDREN AND HUMAN RIGHTS"

CONFLICT IN 2001 DIVIDED MEDIA BY ETHNIC LINE"

Media on Macedonian language! Media on Albanian language!

     TRAININGS FOR JOURNALISTS 
POST 2001"

   Improve professional standards""How to report on specific subject"

How to conduct investigative journalism"  

DEVELOPMENT OF VIDEO PRODUCTION HOUSES "

   Raise the quality in terms of content and post-production""Opportunity to make stories about topics not covered in the main media""More time for producing the video content"

IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY "

CABLE TV"

0%  

20%  

40%  

60%  

80%  

100%  

CABLE  TV  67%  of  

housholds  

49  cable  operators  

Telekabel  and  CableTEL  

hold  80%  of  the  market  

IPTV MAXTV T-MOBILE
NOVEMBER 2008"

GOING DIGITAL BOOM TV "NOVEMBER 2009 50.000 users"  

 FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION 


ARTICLE 16 OF THE CONSTITUTION"

The freedom of personal conviction, conscience, thought and public expression  of thought is guaranteed""The freedom of speech, public address, public information and the establishment of institutions for public information is guaranteed 
"Free access to information and the freedom of reception and transmission of information are guaranteed 
"The right of reply via the mass media is guaranteed 
"The right to a correction in the mass media is guaranteed 
"The right to protect a source of information in the mass media is guaranteed 
"Censorship is prohibited"
"

CARTOON  PECKO!

hPp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-‐aZDJPw4nwo  

LESSONS  LEARNED  •  The energy from the 80s was helpful for developing

media programs"•  Media was opened and closed in short time"•  To many media outlets for 2 million citizens"•  Opening of media for human rights issues"•  Need for self regulation and more professional

standards"•  Implementation of ethics in journalists work"•  The trends in the technology should be followed with

the content presented in the media"•  Defamation and libel could put journalism in danger"