Publications
Report on possible solutions to ensure the independence and sustainability of the Media Information Agency (MIA)
Publishing date: 5 September 2023
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Report contains an assessment of the current legal status, means of management and financing of the Media Information Agency (MIA), comparative analysis of legal status regulation of news agencies and recommendations for updating MIA’s legal status.
Manual on effective media reporting during election campaigns
Publishing date: 8 May 2023
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Acknowledging the fact that the Code of Journalists of Montenegro is the most important normative act of a professional media worker and that its observance is an unquestionable imperative, the OSCE working group, based on principles of the Code, prepared a Manual on effective media reporting during election campaigns. In response to the need for professional and responsible journalism in a particularly sensitive and important period for the democracy of a society- the election period, this Manual aims to offer the media community a comprehensive and systematic text about their possible professional challenges and how to address them during election campaigns. Not available in English.
Guidelines on ethical and professional media election reporting in Albania
Publishing date: 3 April 2023
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Factsheet of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Publishing date: 18 August 2018
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and its staff observe media developments in the 57 participating States and promote compliance with OSCE media freedom commitments.
#SOFJO Business Card
Publishing date: 21 August 2018
Collections: #SOFJO Media Kit
Content type: Poster
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Gender equality, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Media pluralism
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSCE Mission in Kosovo- Media and Information Literacy initiatives
Publishing date: 11 May 2023
Content type: Brochure
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development, Youth
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This document introduces efforts by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo on Media and Information Literacy (MIL) initiatives. The presented highlights showcase how creative MIL initiatives contribute to comprehensive security through building a new generation of critical thinkers.
Handbook on media reporting on gender-based violence against women
Publishing date: 8 December 2022
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Gender equality, Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The intention of this Handbook is to help journalists, in a simple and clear way, to report on gender-based violence against women as professionally and ethically as possible. This Handbook seeks to shed light on the key issues in reporting on this topic, to help dispel the myths that shape the reporting on violence, and to formulate understandable and applicable guidelines and recommendations that could improve and advance existing practice. Not available in English.
Propaganda and Freedom of the Media
Publishing date: 26 November 2015
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This non-paper aims to facilitate the OSCE participating States in formulating national and international law and policy toward the current spread of propaganda intertwined with the conflict in and around Ukraine.
The Joint Declarations on Freedom of Expression- Recognising their value and Building on their potential in the OSCE Region
Publishing date: 18 May 2022
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
Working paper commissioned by the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, written by dr. Sejal Parmar, School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University, 2022.
Media Freedom on the Internet: An OSCE Guidebook
Publishing date: 9 March 2016
Content type: Book
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Written by Professor Yaman Akdeniz, commissioned by the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media.