INTERVIEW
Media for Like-Minded People Fewer and fewer people are interested in having a dialogue and confrontation of views GORISLAV PAPIĆ RTS journalist, editor of the Oko and Oko Magazin programmes, as well as the Oko website
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uring these very difficult times for journalism and the truth in general, thanks to his balanced and professional approach, one man has earned the respect of all parties in the eternally divided Serbian playing field. Gorislav Papić, journalist of the Serbian Broadcasting Corporation
ated with the ambition to be the best such publication, from Athens to Vienna. I came to RTS with such great confidence, even though I only now realize how little I did I know about that medium. However, the RTS director at the time, Aleksandar Tijanić, as well as the editor of the News programme, Nenad Lj. Stefanović, and the then editor of Oko, Zoran Stanojević, also came to work for RTS from print media, so I had the best possible advisors when it came to adapting to the new medium. I was 30
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(RTS) and winner of the Diplomacy&Commerce award for the most professional media personality, talked to our magazine about his experiences and challenges he faces on today’s journalistic scene in Serbia. How do you feel now, as one of the most recognized faces of RTS, about your earliest work for the Serbian public broadcaster? How much did that experience change you professionally? I came to this television after working for NIN weekly for eight years. I was lucky enough to experience what it’s like to work in a weekly that was cre-
years old when started working for the public broadcaster and I think it was an ideal moment for such a change. At the recently held celebration of our magazine’s 7th anniversary, you won the award for the most professional media personality, and a few years ago, you became the laureate of the Aleksandar Tijanić Award. How much do these recognitions mean to you? Borislav Mihajlović Mihiz once said that it is better to win awards and then despise them than to just despise them. I’m joking, of course, but I’m very proud of both of the awards www.diplomacyandcommerce.rs