„Serbian Media Scene vs European Standards“ is the first complete report about the media situation in Serbia prepared on the basis of Indicators for media in a democracy of the Council of Europe (CoE Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 1636 (2008) of October 3, 2008). Report is the result of joint work of ANEM, NUNS, NDNV and Local Press, in cooperation with the Civil Rights Defenders and with financial support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). It includes legal and communicological analysis of data on legal, political, economic and professional environment for media in Serbia.
This report used publicly available data on the media sector, as well as additional interviews conducted with: 240 chief editors of the news media from 79 towns in Serbia, 69 media owners, 40 party officials from 10 cities in Serbia, 50 members of nine ethnic minority communities and representatives of 26 state, regulatory and self-regulatory bodies with competence in the media sector.
The report, edited by Živković Samardžić partner Slobodan Kremenjak, is available for download on ANEM’s website.