The debate will be held on thursday, February 6, 2025, 6 p.m, Belgrade, European house, Zmaj jovina 8 (Corner of Zmaj Jovina and Knez Mihailove), in French and Serbian, translation provided. Free entry.
The last debate in the cycle of French-Serbian talks on the media will be dedicated to investigative journalism.
To explore is to take risks. Long-term research takes time, it takes money. One of the basic civic needs is to monitor the work of governments, interest groups or companies and discover what they are keeping secret.
Investigative journalism, the capacity to conduct far-reaching surveys, has always been a reflection of the state of the media, public freedoms and society in general. Obstacles often come from the state itself, or from interested, sometimes criminal groups, and the media often do not dare to take the risk, they are afraid of censorship and the legal consequences of expensive processes, and sometimes they themselves become accomplices…
How to face the challenges of investigative journalism? How to respond to the need for truth to which society is entitled? What legal framework can protect journalists? What economic model allows them to conduct investigations? In France, Mediapart; which imposed itself, since 2008, as a referent in that matter. In Serbia, teams of journalists (KRIK, CINS..) conduct surveys, revealing data that become topics of public debate…
Participating:
Jean-Arnaud Derens, France, Le Courrier des Balkans
Stevan Dojčinović, Serbia, KRIK
Dina Đorđević, Serbia, CINS
Valentin Oberti, France, Mediapart