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Local media hold particular importance for the communities in which they work. For these media outlets, local topics are more important than national ones, the editor of Radio Gorazdevac, Darko Dimitrijevic told KoSSev.
In the latest episode of an educational media literacy project “OpisMEDIJavanje”, the editor of Radio Gorazdevac, Darko Dimitrijevic spoke about work challenges and the role of local media in non-majority communities in Kosovo.
„Due to the current situation – the fight against COVID 19 – large media outlets have little space to deal with local stories. Actually, this is one of the great advantages of local media. In this way, we also contribute to this fight through truthful, timely and accurate reporting on all local activities, which are much more interesting to citizens than what is generally happening,“ he said.
According to Dimitrijevic, media outlets reporting from multi-ethnic areas should include stories and reports on events related to interethnic cooperation and present examples of „good practice“ in their news programs.
„Unfortunately, in some places, they aren’t any (cf. interethnic cooperation events and examples). However, in places where there are, they are certainly much more appealing to the local media than the sensational news that media at a national level report about.“
Despite the importance and power to turn „small“ stories into big ones, local media in Kosovo reporting in the languages of minority communities face a lack of financial resources, which is why they are constantly battling for survival, Dimitrijevic warned.
