Media Workshop for Serbia's Journalists on Cultural Reporting, December 7, 2007

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December 7, 2007
Embassy of the United States of America
Belgrade

From the American People

Media Workshop for Serbia's Journalists on Cultural Reporting

As a part of Embassy Belgrade's in-country media training program, PAS hosted Assistant Professor William Silcock, award winning broadcast journalist and TV news documentary producer to conduct a workshop on "Cultural Reporting" in Belgrade November 19 - 23.

In cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and the Independent Journalists Association of Serbia (IJAS), post selected 20 young and mid-level editors/journalists from Belgrade and other five cities throughout Serbia to participate in the training. Those included were wire services FONET, BETA and TANJUG, TV stations RTS, B92, Studio B, TV Kosava, TV 5 Nis, TV Fokus Vranje, TV Kanal 9 Kragujevac, TV Info kanal Subotica, Radio Belgrade 1 and dailies Politika, Danas, Vecernje Novosti, Blic, Narodne Novine Nis, Dnevnik Novi Sad and weeklies Evropa and Vreme.

The seminar was opened by the Assistant Minister of Culture for Media Dragan Janjic, the President of IJAS Nadezda Gace and Embassy Cultural Attaché Susan Delja. Assistant Minister Janjic pointed out that this was the first seminar of this type ever organized in Serbia.

The seminar took place in the former SFRY Federal Parliament building which was built in 1959 and is an architectural monument. As a practical part of the program, the participants had a chance to tour the building and learn more about its history and its rich exhibition of more than 800 pieces of art.

Professor William Silcock with journalists participating in the seminar

Profesor Vilijam Silkok sa novinarima učesnicima seminara

7. decembar, 2007
Ambasada Sjedinjenih Američkih Država
Beograd

From the American People

Seminar za novinare koji izveštavaju o događajima u kulturi

U okviru ambasadinog programa za usavršavanje novinara u Srbiji, Kancelarija za medije i kulturu je pozvala asistenta profesora Vilijema Silkoka, nagrađivanog TV novinara i producenta dokumentarnih TV vesti, da u Beogradu održi seminar na temu „Izveštavanje o događajima u kulturu“ od 29. – 23. novembra.

U saradnji sa Ministarstvom kulture i Nezavisnim udruženjem novinara Srbije (NUNS), izabrano je 20 urednika/novinara iz Beograda i drugih pet gradova iz Srbije za učešće u seminaru. Izabrani su predstavnici novinskih agencija Fonet, Beta i Tanjug, zatim TV stanica RTS, B92, Studio B, TV Kosava, TV 5 iz Niša, TV Fokus iz Vranja, TV Kanal 9 iz Kragujevca, TV Info kanal iz Subotice, Radio Beograd 1 kao i dnevnih novina Politika, Danas, Vecernje Novosti, Blic, Narodne Novine iz Niša Dnevnik iz Novog Sada i nedeljnika Evropa i Vreme.

Seminar su otvorili pomoćnik ministra za kulturu odgovoran za medije Dragan Janjić, predsednica NUNS-a Nadežda Gaće i ataše za kulturu ambasade SAD Susan Delja. Pomoćnik ministra Janjić je naglasio da je ovo prvi seminar ove vrste ikada održan u Srbiji.

Seminar se odvijao u zgradi savezne vlade bivše Jugoslavije koja je sagrađena 1959. godine i koja je sama po sebi spomenik kulture. Kao praktični deo programa, učesnici su imali priliku da obiđu zgradu, nauče nešto više o njenoj istoriji i veoma bogatoj zbirci od više od 800 umetničkih dela.