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About us

The Press Council is an independent, self-regulatory body that brings together publishers, owners of print and online media, news agencies and media professionals. It has been established for monitoring the observance of the Journalist’s Code of Ethics, solving complaints made by individuals and institutions related to media content. The Press Council is also authorized to mediate between aggrieved individuals, institutions and editorial staff, and to pronounce public warnings in cases when determined that the violation of ethical standards as defined by the Journalist’s Code of Ethics has occurred. The Press Council is engaged in the education of media professional to act in accordance with the Journalist’s Code of Ethics and works to strengthen the role of media in Serbia.

FOUNDERS

Founders of the Press council are:


  1. VESELIN SIMONOVIC (for Association of press publishers and electronic media),
  2. VLADAN FILIPCEV (for Association of independent local media “Lokal pres”),
  3. NADEZDA GACE (for Independent Journalists`Association of Serbia) and
  4. LJILJANA SMAJLOVIC (for Journalists` Association of Serbia)

MANAGING BOARD

Živojin Rakočević – president of the board

Marija Obrenović – Vice PResident

Željko Bodrožić

Zoran Sekulić

Stevan Ristić

COMPLAINTS COMMISSION

In the Complaints Commission are four representatives of the media industry (three from the Media Association and one from the Local Press), two representatives of the Independent Journalist Association of Serbia and the Journalist Association of Serbia and three representatives of the civil society.

Representatives of the Media Association:

Jelka Jovanović

Filip Švarm

Zlatko Čobović

A representative of Local press:

Nadežda Budimović

Representatives of Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia:

Tamara Skrozza

Milena Vasić

Representatives of the Journalist Association of Serbia:

Olivera Milošević

Jelena Petković

Representatives of the public:

Ana Martinoli

Sanja Pavlović

Rodoljub Šabić

Secretary General of the Press Council:

Gordana Novaković [email protected]