JOURNALISTS JOURNALISTS: Victims or part of the structures and relations that prevent media from fulfilling their democratic role? Jovanka Matić, Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade, co- author of the media integrity research report for Serbia This project is funded by the European Union Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) Civil Society Facility (CSF).
Journalists in numbers This project is funded by the European Union Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) Civil Society Facility (CSF). 2012SERBIACROATIABIHALBANIAMACEDONIA Number of media 1,1561,149276?184 Number of working journalists 4,000 – 6,000 4,923 2, ,500 3,1001,129 Journalists with full time employment ?? 1,574 – 2,755 2, Journalists without full time emloyment ?? ? Number of unemployed journalists 1, ?
Economic problems of journalists This project is funded by the European Union Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) Civil Society Facility (CSF). job insecurity small salaries poor health care poor retirement insurance hard work conditions low social prestige
Economic position of journalists This project is funded by the European Union Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) Civil Society Facility (CSF). EuroCROATIABIHSERBIAALBANIAMACEDONIA Average salary in the country Average wage for journalists ? Highest wage for journalists 9,0001,800?1,500500
Professional self-organising This project is funded by the European Union Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) Civil Society Facility (CSF). 2012SERBIACROATIABIHALBANIAMACEDONIA Number of working journalists 4,000 – 6,000 4,9232, ,500 3,1001,129 Number of journalists in trade unions ?2,8001, Number of trade union members the biggest commercial TV broadcaster 0???31 Members of journalist associations 10,0002,7971,077??