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Macedonian journalists send a message on the protest: NO to censorship

Dozens of Macedonian journalists from several media outlets yesterday came out for a peaceful protest in front of the Civil Court in Skopje, expressing their revolt against the court verdict against the Investigative Reporting Laboratory (IRL), which is seen as a threat of censorship, an attempt to silence and control journalism. Organized by the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM)...

AJM condemns the verbal attack on Meta.mk’s journalist Ilinka Iljoska after she photographed uncollected garbage

The Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM) condemned the threats and the insults that employees of Skopje's public enterprise for communal hygiene "Komunalna higiena - Skopje" (KHS) hurled at Meta news agency's journalist Ilinka Iljoska in Kisela Voda in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The incident occured on Monday, the 15th of August 2022. "AJM urges Komunalna higiena -...

Truthmeter.mk: National media do not cover two thirds of the citizens with correspondents from their places of residence

Meta.mk, under the cooperation agreement, republishes Truthmeter.mk's analysis: The number of correspondents from the interior of the country is reduced to a minimum. Macedonian Radio and Television has barely employed a few journalists from the interior, while private televisions receive information from part-time journalists   Author: Goran Lefkov   Uninsured, without employment contracts, with their own vehicle and equipment, few correspondents and media workers...

Suspended sentence for man who wrote comment with hate speech on AJM’s Facebook page

The Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM) informs of a court judgement in its favor. Namely, a profile on Facebook named "Sasho Mitev" posted a comment with obscenities and hate speech under a post on AJM's Facebook page. According to the judgment of the Basic Criminal Court, Sasho Mitev is guilty under the article 394 - G of the Criminal...

EFJ supports ZNM/AJM’s protest against the court judgments for the 27th of April

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), and its member, the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM), challenge the interpretation of the Macedonian court and call on it to review its decision, after the lawsuit before the Civil Court in Skopje by the journalist Goran Trpenoski was overthrown yesterday, as the court did not recognize his status as a journalist. Goran...

Journalists associations: Government’s decree for aid for media selective – does not include all media

The Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM) and the Macedonian Independent Syndicate of Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM) expressed their concern about the situation of local and regional broadcasters, who announced they will go on strike by stopping the program temporarily. "This decision by local and regional broadcasters comes after the Government's decree from the 30th of May 2020, according...

Macedonian Radio and Television should employ more journalists and open more news correspondent bureaus in the country and abroad

The Association of Journalists in Macedonia (AJM) and the Independent Syndicate of Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM) aren't surprised by the data from the latest Rule book on internal organization and systematization of job positions at the Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) which indicates that the national broadcasting service lacks 469 employees out of which 202 journalists. According to the data...

SSNM and ZNM condemn the threats towards Geroski and demand institutions react

The Independent Trade Union of Journalists and Media Workers (In Macedonian: Samostoen sindikat na novinarite i mediumskite rabotnici "SSNM"): and the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (In Macedonian: Zdruzenie na novinarite na Makedonija "ZNM") condemned yesterday's threats to the editor-in-chief of "Plus Info" - Branko Geroski. “SSNM and ZNM believe that these threats represent a direct attack on the freedom...

European colleagues support journalists associations against changes to Electoral Code

The European Federation of Journalists (EFN) has given its support to the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM), the Independent Union of Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM) and the Council of Media Ethics of Macedonia (CMEM), which oppose the recent changes of the Electoral Code. According to the changes, paid political advertising regarding the election campaign funded by the state,...