(ANSA) - TRIESTE, NOVEMBER 15 - A forum on press freedom
begins today in Tirana, organised by the CEI, Central European
Initiative, based in Trieste, and SEEMO, South East Europe Media
Organisation, based in Vienna.
The objectives of the forum are to protect press freedom,
create networks among independent reporters, help regulate the
activities of media workers and protect them from being
physically and verbally assaulted and put under heavy pressure.
Numerous journalists from various countries in the region will
participate in the meeting, which takes place every year. They
will report their experiences and the situation in their
countries. This year the forum focuses on "Thinking Beyond the
Conventions: Profitability and Transparency in the Media
Market".
Some journalists will be awarded special prizes: Stevan
Dojcinovic and Dragana Peco (Serbia) in the Professional
Journalists section; Nino Bilajac (Bosnia-Herzegovina) in the
Young journalists section will be awarded the CEI SEEMO Award
2018 "for outstanding merits in investigative journalism".
CEI and SEEMO, supported by the Adenauer Foundation, Italian
Trade Agency (ITA), Embassy of Italy in Tirana and the Republic
of Austria, organized this two-day forum. Slovak journalist Ján
Kuciak killed last February will be remembered with a special
diploma that will be delivered to Olivera Lakic (Montenegro),
who was injured in May. (ANSA).
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