2001 Europe Media Forum

News media in Balkans feeling way with new freedoms
Panelists, participants at Freedom Forum events in Croatia examine issues of newsroom independence, professionalism and staffing.  07.09.01

Panelists: Balkan news media should foster ethnic understanding
Journalists must use language carefully and study history thoroughly if they are to portray members of ethnic groups accurately, says Milica Pesic.  07.09.01

Around the globe, issues facing journalists the same
Commentary Courage, search for truth are common threads among journalists, John Seigenthaler tells Europe Media Forum.  07.02.01

News media helped make, break Milosevic
Press coverage of Serb atrocities led to former Yugoslav president's war-crimes trial, speakers say; but Serb nationalist journalism called 'moral virus' for covering up truth.  07.01.01

Milosevic news dominates Croatian president's interview
Stipe Mesic says he’d testify against Milosevic on war crimes if asked; The Media and Political Change: Europe forum opens in Zagreb.  06.29.01

The Media and Political Change: Croatia
Download page for The Media and Political Change: Croatia  06.27.01

Survival is objective of news media in Croatia, elsewhere in Balkans
Analysis Background essay by John Owen for June 27-30, 2001, Europe Media Forum, The Media and Political Change: Croatia.  06.26.01

Online presentation: 'The Truth Is Out There'
Download page for Online presentation: 'The Truth Is Out There'  06.26.01

Croatia: building democracy, free press
Freedom Forum Journalism Library in Zagreb helps support independent press, high standards.  06.06.01

Online presentation: 'The Internet and Ethnic Conflict'
Information and misinformation on the Internet, by Jill Blackman.  06.06.01