PRISTINA MEDIA DAYS

General Information

The event will address the diverse challenges facing contemporary media and journalists and provide a platform for debate and exchange of experiences. It is a multidisciplinary media event designed for students, journalists and public at large. Influential Kosovarian and international media academics, experts and journalists will deliver speeches followed by discussions.

The aim is to discuss the new phenomena arising through the developments of the digital technology and how these phenomena are affecting the work of journalists and the social changes. The focus will be on the challenges that journalists are facing on providing reporting for the digital media by respecting the professional standards. Other topics such as the transition from old to new media in SEE, the political communication, the challenges for civic participation in the public sphere, the media literacy will be dealt from the perspective of the truth and wisdom in journalism.

The discussions will be organized in form of panels of four key note speakers and one moderator. The speakers will deliver a 15-minute presentation and based on those the discussions will be developed. The presentations and the results of the conference will be published in a conference book.