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JOURNALISTS:
Victims
or part of the structures and
relations that prevent media
from fulfilling their democratic role?
Jovanka Matić, Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade, coauthor of the media integrity research report for Serbia
This project is funded by the European Union Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA)
Civil Society Facility (CSF).
Journalists in numbers
2012
SERBIA
CROATIA
BIH
ALBANIA
MACEDONIA
Number of
media
1,156
1,149
276
?
184
Number of
working journalists
4,000 –
6,000
4,923
2,000 3,500
3,100
1,129
Journalists with
full time
employment
?
?
1,574 –
2,755
2,200
850 - 900
Journalists without
full time
emloyment
?
?
426 - 745
860
?
Number of
unemployed
journalists
1,209
599
625
?
500 - 700
This project is funded by the European Union Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA)
Civil Society Facility (CSF).
Economic problems of journalists
 job insecurity
 small salaries
 poor health care
 poor retirement insurance
 hard work conditions
 low social prestige
This project is funded by the European Union Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA)
Civil Society Facility (CSF).
Economic position of journalists
Euro
CROATIA
BIH
SERBIA
ALBANIA
MACEDONIA
Average salary in
the country
720
425
415
383
350
Average wage for
journalists
?
407
300
320
250
Highest wage for
journalists
9,000
1,800
?
1,500
500
This project is funded by the European Union Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA)
Civil Society Facility (CSF).
Professional self-organising
2012
SERBIA
CROATIA
BIH
ALBANIA
MACEDONIA
Number of
working journalists
4,000 –
6,000
4,923
2,000 3,500
3,100
1,129
Number of
journalists in trade
unions
?
2,800
1,800
870
770
Number of trade
union members
the biggest
commercial TV
broadcaster
0
?
?
?
31
Members of
journalist
associations
10,000
2,797
1,077
?
?
This project is funded by the European Union Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA)
Civil Society Facility (CSF).