People often hate what they do not understand or perceive as a threat. When repeated often enough, such fears become embedded in collective thinking, shaping how societies view “the other”. This is where the media becomes central. Media outlets do…
The association for the Advancement of Journalistic Practices
INNOVATIVE MEDIA
Skopje
The association protects, promotes and advances professional standards in the media by building capacities of journalists and strengthens the awareness and capacity of young journalists for them to take on the best possible role as innovative journalists respecting ethical norms and are activists for democracy.
Our Activities
Media Articles
- When Grief Becomes Political: How Tragedy is Weaponized Against a Free Press and Youth in North Macedonia and Serbia
- Brain Drain: Escaping to the future
- From inbox to front page: How the media fuels hate speech
- Women in Public Positions in North Macedonia Are Easy Targets of Hate Speech
- Hate speech and ethnic divisions in an anti-Albanian
campaign on social networks - Macedonian and Serbian media used the incident with
President Osmani to incite hate speech on ethnic grounds
Our Projects
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Reporting Diversity Network – The New Agenda
Duration: 01.03.2023 – 31.03.2027
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Media for youth: Promoting digital safety and good governance
Duration: 01.05.2023 – 30.04.2024
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Credible information for engaged youth
Since 2021, the Association through Portalb.mk collaborates with the Macedonian News Agency, Meta.mk in the project: “Credible information for engaged youth“. The goal of the project is to increase youth engagement in public life empowering them to demand resolution of priority issues that affect their lives.