Journalist association calls for symbolic protest
The Independent Association of Journalist of Serbia, NUNS, called on members to engage in "five minutes of deafening silence".
Saturday, 03.05.2008.
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The Independent Association of Journalist of Serbia, NUNS, called on members to engage in "five minutes of deafening silence". The initiative, also joined by the Branch Union of the Media Independence, was meant to mark the World Press Freedom Day in this way today at five minutes to midday. Journalist association calls for symbolic protest The five minutes of silence should have drawn attention to the difficult position faced by both journalists and journalism in Serbia, NUNS said. NUNS has called on all reporters to take part in the campaign, blackout screens in electronic media, leave news conferences if they happen to be attending, and read out the organization's announcement issued today. B92 and Enter were the only Belgrade-based television stations that accepted the call to interrupt their programs for five minutes. The Association of Serbia's Journalists, UNS, also supported the initiative.
Journalist association calls for symbolic protest
The five minutes of silence should have drawn attention to the difficult position faced by both journalists and journalism in Serbia, NUNS said.NUNS has called on all reporters to take part in the campaign, blackout screens in electronic media, leave news conferences if they happen to be attending, and read out the organization's announcement issued today.
B92 and Enter were the only Belgrade-based television stations that accepted the call to interrupt their programs for five minutes.
The Association of Serbia's Journalists, UNS, also supported the initiative.
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