From online anonymity to real-world accountability Investigative journalist Ardiana Thaçi Mehmeti, from Kiks Kosova, won first prize at the EU Investigative Journalism Awards 2025 in Kosovo for an investigation that exposed vast online networks of harassment, blackmail, and gender-based violence targeting women and girls.  What began as professional reporting on illicit Telegram groups evolved into a profoundly personal battle, revealing the real-world consequences of
Under the motto “Think globally – act locally!” Boom 93, a radio station and web portal from the town of Požarevac in the eastern Serbia, successfully implemented its business plan: opened an online shop for branded merchandise, activated its members club, and introduced its mobile apps for Android and iOS operating systems.  Since 80% of website traffic comes from mobile devices, Boom 93 management
One of the issues that many Newsrooms face is an amateur approach to management. Often, media organisations are run by people who might have been brilliant journalists in the past, moved up in the ranks but have never had any formal leadership training. This means that their approach to management becomes a lottery: some are natural leaders, others find management an unwelcome chore distracting
KrusevacGrad, a small local outlet based in the town of Kruševac in central Serbia, managed to increase commitment and engagement of the community, as well as to develop new advertising packages for local businesses, by advancing technical capacities and team’s knowhow.  Namely, the new website, result of Media for All intervention, is mobile-friendly and more interactive compared to the old one. Also, capacity building
Regional broadcaster TV M from the lakeside town of Ohrid successfully implemented project You are your city aimed at bringing citizens closer to the outlet by encouraging them to become citizen journalists. The idea is to increase the volume of advertisers, which means to increase outlet’s revenue, by increasing TV M website traffic, reach, and visibility, on one side and TV channel viewership, by
The small online outlet from the town of Durrës successfully implemented its business plan – developed locally relevant content, improved its technology base, and increased traffic and revenues. “The project had effects on two levels – social and business,” Stela Likmeta, project coordinator and journalist at DurrësLajm, said. On a social level, as she pointed out, they “increased the number of online events and
Magločistač is a local niche media outlet from Subotica, Serbia, that reports on important and fact-based topics none of their competition in the Serbian north dare to report. An added value of this mission-lead media is female leadership. It was established by two professional journalists – Mirana Dmitrović and Natalija Jakovljević, and through the “Media for All” support they added another two women –
When Geri Emiri was studying journalism back in 2016, he really wanted to get engaged in reporting on cultural and social issues for big media outlets. He never imagined that a few years later he would initiate a new online outlet focused on cultural and archaeological reporting and that he would be successful in attracting the audiences interested in these topics.  Yet, the form
RTV Puls, a local outlet from Šilovo/Shillova, produced live shows about five rural municipalities in Kosovo focusing on their potentials for local tourism, and to raise awareness about the main issues people are facing. The TV programme aimed to better present five municipalities with Serbian majority in Kosovo (Štrpce/Shtërpcë, Klokot/Kllokot, Parteš/Partesh, Novo Brdo/Novobërdë, and Ranilug/Ranillug). With the help of the Media for All project
Improving the business models of local media in the Western Balkans and testing new sources of income at a time when the state of media freedom has never been worse, and the media itself is virtually invisible in media markets, seems like an ‘impossible mission’. But the Media for All project and the Thomson Foundation as its key partner in the area of business
Banja Luka based outlet eTrafika.net successfully implemented their business plan to open the first photo exchange platform, Foto Baza, in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The long-awaited project finally saw the light of the day thanks to the Media for All (MfA) project. Namely, the idea for the photo exchange platform was not created especially for the MfA project. As the editor-in-chief of eTrafika, Vanja
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