Strengthening the role of the media in the fight against corruption (2008-2009)
The project enhances the journalistic standards for investigating and reporting on corruption and strengthens the capacity of the media for accomplishing their role in the fight against corruption. The starting point is an in – depth analysis of the manner in which the Macedonian media report on corruption, as well as detecting the main weaknesses in their reporting.
From this starting point recommendations are drawn for enhancing the journalistic standards, whose implementation is ensured through a training of 12 investigative journalists from the leading media in the country. With these activities one of the chief problems is overcome, as detected in the State Strategy for Decreasing Corruption – inappropriate coverage of corruption on the part of the media. The project has been financially supported by the Agency for International Development of the USA, through the Institute for Sustainable Communities.