OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports journalists of national public broadcaster RTCG in live and emergency reporting

At the invitation of the national public service broadcaster – Radio Television Montenegro (RTCG), the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a three-day in-house training on live and emergency reporting for journalists of RTCG, from 16 to 18 May in Podgorica.

As live reporting demands specific set of skills, including capacities to recognize the public interest, and balance between the need to inform the public and protect journalists and cameramen in the field, the Mission engaged Adnan Rondić, an international media expert to support RTCG journalists in improving their skills and techniques to better report live on developing stories.

Dominique Waag, Head of the Mission said that strength and sustainability of any media depends on knowledge and quality of work of its journalists. “This burden to provide quality and timely reporting falls especially on RTCG, since the public service exists to inform its citizens in a timely and accurate manner about all events, especially unexpected emergencies,” said Waag.

Boris Raonić, the RTCG General Director said that the mission of the public service is to provide the right to information, with no exception. “Live reporting in emergency situations includes unpredictability and field work in risky conditions. We express special gratitude to the OSCE Mission for its dedicated and reliable partnership in improving the professional skills of the RTCG journalists. Continuous investment in education and training is crucial to achieving professional standards, in relation to the growing challenges of modern society,” said Raonić, adding that the common focus is security and the principle of credible reporting, based on the values of human rights and democracy.

This training course was the first round organized for RTCG this year. A second round will be organized in the fall.