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After a successful first year, the project “Media Monitoring – Tracking Ethical Reporting on Human Rights Violations” is entering its second phase, bringing a series of activities aimed at improving media ethics, responsible reporting, and collaboration between the media and the judiciary. 🔎 What’s coming next? Strengthening oversight of human rights reporting✔️ Monitoring media coverage… Read more: SECOND YEAR OF THE PROJECT ANNOUCMNET

The Sociological Center of Montenegro (SOCEN) has successfully conducted a training as part of the project “Media Monitoring – Tracking Ethical Reporting on Human Rights Violations,” bringing together 15 media professionals who enhanced their skills in investigative journalism, fact-checking, and ethical reporting on sensitive topics. 🔍 During the training, participants had the opportunity to:✅ Improve… Read more: TRAINING FOR MEDIA PROFESSIONALS HELD

Every project needs a clear and recognizable visual identity – a symbol that communicates its mission and values. Our visual identity is designed to reflect the project’s key goals: transparency, accountability and ethical human rights reporting. 🔎 Strong colors and symbolism emphasize the role of the media as guardians of the truth, while the design… Read more: We present you visual identity of the project

The Sociological Center of Montenegro (SOCEN), within the project “Media Watchdog – Monitoring for Ethical Reporting on Human Rights Violations”, is organizing a training session for media professionals to strengthen responsible and ethical journalism in reporting on human rights. 📅 The training will take place on November 28-29 in Podgorica. 🔍 Key training topics: ✅… Read more: ANNOUNCEMENT OF TRAINING FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES

Research Findings on Media Practices and Ethical Reporting The research we conducted aimed to examine current journalism practices, identify key issues in media reporting, assess the state of discrimination and human rights violations, and propose concrete measures to improve the media landscape and reduce discrimination. The primary focus was to determine how discrimination manifests in… Read more: CONCLUSIONS FROM INTERVIEWS WITH MEDIA PROFESSIONALS

For court reporting to be accurate, responsible, and ethical, it is essential to have clear guidelines and standards. That is why we have developed a trial monitoring methodology, which enables the analysis of media coverage of cases related to human rights. 🔍 How did we create the methodology? 📌 Research and analysis – We reviewed… Read more: HOW WE DEVELOPED THE COURT CASE MONITORING METHODOLOGY

Media and Judiciary: Key Players in a Democratic Society The media and judiciary play crucial roles in a democratic society – one informs the public, while the other upholds justice and the law. But how well do they cooperate? 🔍 Challenges in Cooperation:❌ Superficial or sensationalized reporting on court proceedings.❌ Lack of communication between journalists… Read more: What is the cooperation between the media and the judiciary like?

In a time when information spreads faster than ever, ethical reporting is key to preserving truth, justice, and human rights. But what does that actually mean? ✅ Accuracy – Fact-checking before publication to prevent the spread of misinformation.✅ Impartiality – Reporting without favoring any side or interest.✅ Privacy Respect – Protecting the identity and dignity… Read more: What is ethical reporting?

The role of the media in shaping the perception of justice is immense. However, when reporting on court proceedings is inaccurate, biased, or unethical, the consequences can be severe—both for individuals and for society as a whole. That is why, as part of the “Media Watchdog – Monitoring for Ethical Reporting on Human Rights Violations”… Read more: Court Case Monitoring: Toward Greater Transparency and Accountability in Human Rights Reporting

As part of the Media Watchdog – Monitoring for Ethical Reporting on Human Rights Violations project, we are currently implementing activities that will lay the foundation for a detailed monitoring of how the media report on human rights. This monitoring is a crucial step in understanding the accuracy, ethics, and quality of reporting, with the… Read more: Media Monitoring

To ensure a structured and thorough approach to assessing the accuracy and ethics of media reporting on human rights violations in Montenegro, media expert Duško Vuković has been engaged to develop a methodology tailored to the specificities of the Montenegrin media landscape. 🔎 An analysis of the media scene has shown that Montenegro’s media space… Read more: METHODOLOGY FOR MEDIA MONITORING DEVELOPED

1. Accuracy and verification of facts are the basis of ethical reporting Journalists have a responsibility to ensure that information is accurate, verified from multiple sources and free from sensationalism. Misinformation can have serious consequences for individuals and society, especially when it comes to sensitive topics such as human rights. 2. Impartiality and accountability in… Read more: KEY FACTS ABOUT ETHICAL JOURNALISTIC REPORTING

In order to ensure that the key messages, activities and results of the project are available to the general public, we have created a Communication and Visual Plan 🎯. This plan will guide our team through setting communication goals and defining tools to achieve them. Why is this important? 🔹 Increases the visibility of the… Read more: Established communication plan

To ensure accurate, responsible, and ethical reporting on human rights, we have joined forces with the Sociological Center of Montenegro (SOCEN)! Together, we are working on: ✅ Monitoring the accuracy of media reports✅ Educating journalists on ethical and professional reporting✅ Strengthening cooperation between the media and the judiciary for greater accountability Because truth must be… Read more: Why is this project important?

During the first year of project implementation, key activities will be completed that will contribute to the improvement of ethical and accurate reporting on human rights violations. ✅ A communication and advocacy plan of the project will be developed, which will lay the foundations for the effective transmission of key messages and goals. ✅ A… Read more: Overview – project activities (first year)

CEDEM is launching the implementation of the project “Media Watchdog: Monitoring for Ethical Reporting on Human Rights Violations”, in partnership with the Sociological Center of Montenegro (SOCEN), with financial support from the European Union and co-financing from the Ministry of Public Administration. How does reporting shape our reality? Who is responsible for the accuracy of… Read more: Project announcement

To ensure accurate, responsible, and ethical reporting on human rights, we have joined forces with the Sociological Center of Montenegro (SOCEN)! Together, we are working on:✅ Monitoring the accuracy of media reports✅ Educating journalists on ethical and professional reporting✅ Strengthening cooperation between the media and the judiciary for greater accountability 📢 Because truth must be… Read more: Presenting the team / project partnership

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