UNS: Media commissions in the hands of pro-government associations
In most commissions for the evaluation of media projects, all members were elected with a maximum of one hundred points, and most of them are from pro-government journalistic and media organizations, according to research published today by the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS).
TL;DR
- A UNS investigation revealed that most members of media project evaluation commissions have maximum scores.
- The majority of commission members are affiliated with pro-government journalistic and media organizations.
- 17 out of 29 formed commissions have all members selected from pro-government groups.
- Candidates from the Center for Media Culture and Education and PROUNS were frequently appointed.
- Petar Kočić, a candidate from the pro-government Association of Journalists of Vojvodina (DNV), was appointed to the most commissions.
- Jasmina Mijajlović, an independent media expert, was appointed to the most commissions (10).
- Boban Tomić, also an independent media expert, is a member of six commissions.
- The rules limit any candidate to a maximum of 20 commission appointments per calendar year.