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Novinari upozoravaju na opasnost smanjivanja kvalitete u medijima

15.10.2002.

Ovo tim više što se o razvoju medija odluèuje mimo novinara.  Pri pripremama za UN-summit na temu Informacijsko društvo, èije se prvo zasjedanje oèekuje u Ženevi 2003. godine, još je potpuno nejasno i upitno hoæe li novinarska struka uopæe imati aktivnu ulogu i pravo na vlastitu rijeè. Srednjoeuropska grupa novinara stoga zahtijeva  bezrezervno ukljuèivanje svih onih koji svojim radom i doprinosom mogu pridonijeti jaèanju i razvoju demokratskih društava. ZeuG podržava Švicarski savez novinarki i novinara da, zajedno s Meðunarodnom federacijom novinara, brani interese medijskih radnika vezano uz Svjetski skup o informacijskom društvu.

ZeuG je osnovan 1999. godine kao Savez novinarskih organizacija na njemaèkom govornom podruèju. Otada se angažira na koordinaciji profesionalnih i socijalnih pitanja i interesa novinarki i novinara. U to se ubraja podrška pri provoðenju slobode mišljenja i medijskih sloboda, zatim  razrada kolektivnih ugovora i tarifnih prava i rješenja, kritièki stav prema uspostavljanju procesa ujedinjenja i proširenja Europe kao i popravljanja radnih i životnih uvjeta medijskih radnika. U narednom razdoblju je dužnost predsjedanja srednjoeuropskom grupom novinara od Hrvatske preuzeo Švicarski savez novinara. 

ZEuG Press Release

Journalists warn about danger of decreasing quality in media

Luzern, October 10 2002
Current media moment should not be the excuse for decreasing  journalistic quality. That was clearly underlined by ZEuG (Association  of Central European journalists'), part of the EFJ association.

 Journalists from 7 countries discussed that topic in the Center for Journalists' Education in Luzern, Switzerland. They closely overviewed the possibilities of co-operation between their own local unions and associations. Their discussions were focused on effects of structural crisis in advertising area and as that has been used by media publishers to cut fees and lower the professional standards. Firing journalists and enormous cutting their fees is not to be accepted as possible solution to that problem, concluded journalists and free lancers from Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Check Republic, Slovenia and Croatia. Even more so because the media development has been decided upon outside journalists. As we know, it is still not certain that journalists will play any role in UN summit on Information Society, that is expected to be held in Geneva in 2002.  Therefore ZEuG, association of journalists, demands co-operation with everybody who can help in strengthening and development of democratic societies. In that sense ZEuG supports the Swiss Association of Journalists to advocate interests of media workers regarding that World Summit on Information Society.

ZEuG has been founded in 1999 as an federation of journalists' associations of countries speaking German. Since then it has been involved in coordinating professional and social issues of its members, as for example collective agreements, improving working and living conditions of journalists, reviewing European integrating process and all issues that deal with media freedom.  In the next period the ZEuG presidency is rotated to the Swiss Association of Journalists.

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