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There is a short video that talks about successfully implemented activities and achieved effects. We hope that we will put together a whole exhibition in which, for the first time, we will successfully network medium and film literacy under the motto of “diversity”.

As part of Media Literacy Days 2022, “Blaze Koneski” Faculty of Philology – Skopje, Institute of Communication Studies and Media Literacy Project YouThink held the panel discussion “MEDIA LITERACY AND STUDENTS”, which is also part of USAID’s “Youth Think” media literacy program. The discussion covered numerous aspects of media literacy, its involvement in educational processes…

Skopje, 29 October 2022 (MIA) – The ability to access, understand, analyze and critically evaluate different media and media content, as well as create communication content in different contexts, is the basis of media literacy. It is necessary for smooth functioning in all spheres of society, especially in the digital world and the “new reality”…

Skopje, 13 November 2022 (MIA) – The film has a great impact on the development of creative, critical and cultural knowledge, skills and future competencies among children, and according to experts, it is an equally effective tool for strengthening the motivation to learn. However, this cultural art is trying to find its place within the…

AAAVMS organized a workshop on the media needs of persons with disabilities, as part of the 2022 Media Literacy Days, titled “IMMEDIATE ACCESSIBILITY”. The workshop sought answers to the following questions: – How do people with disabilities perceive the way they are portrayed in the media? – What are their actual communication needs? – What…

How are persons with atypical development, i.e. young people with different conditions and disabilities, portrayed in the public and the media? How to improve their visibility in public life, and not marginalize them? Watch a summarized video of the Loud and Clear online discussion on “How Media Cover Youth with Atypical Development.” The discussion was…

Wishing to contribute to the 2022 Media Literacy Days event, the UKLO FM-Bitola University Radio, of “Sv. Kliment Ohridski” University in Bitola, which is part of the Media Literacy Network, aired its latest, 37th, edition of the children’s radio show, “Hear Us Out!”, he worked under the motto “Think critically, Gather the Whole Story”. The…

High-school students most often recognize disinformation in the areas of healthcare and politics. Disinformation is usually perceived in breaking and bombastic headlines on the social networks, said the students of the Gostivar High School of Medicine, at the workshop on the “Techniques of Journalistic Writing and Detection of Disinformation”. The workshop was organized by the…

Skopje, 2 November 2022 – Organized by the Aspen Institute, Germany, and the Association of Southeast Europe, this year’s “Civil Society & Think Tank” Forum was held on 1 and 2 November in Berlin. The Forum included a Panel dedicated to disinformation in the Western Balkans. As one of the panelists, Zoran Trajchevski, Director of the…

MOVIES influence children and young people in a cultural, creative and critical way! A total of 2,139 students from 20 schools around Skopje joined in the activity that was successfully carried out – the free screening of thematic films for children from the elementary schools (6th to 9th graders). There were eight movie screenings in…

The exhibition will be opened on November 1, 2022 at 19:30 hrs at “Europe House” in Skopje (Europe House Skopje), and will be available to the visitors in the next three months. The multimedia techniques and tools will help the visitors learn more about false information, the role of the Internet users in its dissemination,…

The Media Literacy and Disinformation Research Cluster (MeDisInfo) of the Max van der Stoel Institute, University of Southeast Europe (USEE), will be broadcasting a Podcast titled “The Future Generation in the Age of Disinformation” on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at 10 a.m. The guest speakers in this podcast are the USEE students Valon Dauti from…

The panel discussion on “Media Literacy and the Students” is the first public event that the “Blazhe Koneski Faculty of Philology, ICS and IREX have organized within the project on “Introducing Media Literacy to the Future Philologists,” with the support of the “YouThink” programme of the American Agency for International Development (USAID). Vice Dean for…

We will be learning how to recognize disinformation, where to report it, and also how to create media content, at the media laboratory that the Institute of Communication Studies is organizing on 26 October (Wednesday), starting from 13:00 hrs, at the SOMU “Gostivar”, in Gostivar. The workshop is part of the “Use Facts” project of…

How do people with disabilities perceive the way in which they are presented in the media? What are their communication needs, in fact? What can media do to respond to those needs and change the way they report on them? These are some of the topics that will be discussed at the workshop titled “Accessibility…

On 31 October 2022, starting at 13:00 hrs., the Media Literacy Network will hold its Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held in the premises of the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services (2nd-floor conference hall).

The “Metamorphosis” Foundation for Internet and Society is inviting you to a panel discussion titled “Diversities and Disinformation in the Western Balkans”, which will be held on October 31, 2022 in Skopje, starting at 14:00 hrs, on the Zoom video communication platform. The discussion is open to the public and to representatives of the media.…

An online presentation of the results of the study titled “Moral Panic and Portrayal of the LGBTI Community in the Media” will be held on 1 November 2022 in the period from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., on the Zoom platform, organized by the “Margini” Coalition. You can join the event via the following link:…

Skopje, 28 October 2022 – Today, as part of the 2022 Media Literacy Days, the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services held a workshop titled “Accessibility without Undue Delay – Media Needs of People with Disabilities”. The workshop was aimed at helping broadcasters and providers of on-demand audiovisual media services to manage more easily their…

On 28.10.2022 (Friday), at 17:00 hrs, the Council for Media Ethics of Macedonia will hold an online public session of the Complaints Commission, within the framework of the marking of the MLDs, at which the Council for Media Ethics of Macedonia will be looking into current complaints it has received. The Complaints Commission reviews all…

RADIO MOF’S OPEN DAY “What It’s Like to Be the Voice of Diversity” is the theme of the Open Day at MOF Radio, which will take place on Friday, 28 October 2022, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., as part of the #MediaLiteracyDays All interested young people can come, enter and look around the offices…

On 27 October (Thursday) at 12:00 hrs, MOF Radio shall join in the #MediaLiteracyDays  with its “Loud and Clear” online video-discussion on the topic of “How Media Reports on Youth on the Margins”. The focus will be placed on persons with atypical development, i.e. young people with different conditions and disabilities. The discussion will raise…

The “Blaze Koneski” Faculty of Philology in Skopje, the Institute of Communication Studies – IKS and the YouThink Media Literacy Project announce the holding of a panel discussion titled “Media Literacy and the Students”, which will be held on 27.10.2022 (Thursday), at 12:30 hrs, at Amphitheatre 3 of the Faculty of Philology.  The event is…

The 2022 Media Literacy Days, dedicated to diversity and media literacy, under the motto “Think Critically, Gather the Whole Story,” also offer, as part of their programme, free access for the schools to movie screenings of thematic films intended for 6th-to-9th graders. The three thematic movies films will be shown in three movie theaters between…

The panel discussion titled “Using Media Literacy to Educate Young Generations without Prejudices and Stereotypes” will be held on 26 October (Wednesday), at the “Holiday Inn” hotel in Skopje, starting at 11:00 hrs. The panelists include teachers, professors, representatives of civil society organizations and journalists, who will discuss media literacy as one of the mechanisms…

The 2022 Media Literacy Days, dedicated to diversity and media literacy, under the motto “Think Critically, Gather the Whole Story,” also offer free tickets, , as part of their programme, for movies from the regular repertoire, intended for people with disabilities in its program. This activity is carried out by the Film Literacy Working Group…

The Macedonian Television (MRT) has been contributing continuously to promoting media literacy among children, young people and adults. Within the framework of the 2022 MLD, from 25.10.2022 until 01.11.2022, educational shows will be aired: – the series THE WIZARD AND SMARTY-PANTS (premiere, every working day at 11:15 hrs), – the series YOUTH FOR YOUTH (on…

Skopje, 25 October 2022 – This year’s Media Literacy Days shall be held starting today until 1 November 2022, under the motto “Think Critically, Gather the Whole Story,”. The event is being organized by the Media Literacy Network. In this way, our country is joining in the UNESCO’s Global Media and Information Literacy Week, for the…

Skopje, 21 October 2022 – The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services shall hold a press conference on 25 October 2022 (Tuesday), starting at 11:00 hrs, at which Agency Director Zoran Trajchevski will open the 2022 Media Literacy Days. In the period from 25 October until 1 November 2022, the Agency for AAVMS and…

The 2022 Media Literacy Days, fourth in a row, will be held in the week of 25 October – 1 November, under the motto “Think critically, Gather the Whole Story”. A larger number of the Network’s members and their supporters joined in the event’s organization this year: the Macedonian Institute for Media, IREX, the USAID…

In June 2022, the Council on Media Ethics published the GUIDELINES FOR REPORTING FROM AREAS OF ARMED CONFLICT/WAR. The author of the publication is the journalist Kristina Atovska. This publication was prepared as part of the project on “Support to Freedom of Expression in the Media in North Macedonia,” implemented by CEMM and co-financed by…

Knowledge from research and journalism is the basis for an advocacy initiative that brings together relevant stakeholders (government institutions, media associations, individual media, civil society organizations, the scientific and educational community, and the private sector) to counter the toxic effects of disinformation by creating an effective model with the inclusion of all stakeholders. Empirical data…

The conference “Dealing with Disinformation in the Republic of North Macedonia” will be held on May 31, 2022, in Skopje, starting at 12:00. It is dedicated to building a multi-sectoral approach to solving this important problem through the joint engagement of state institutions, independent media, civil society organizations, academia and the private sector. The event…

Metamorphosis Foundation invites representatives of civil society organizations, institutions, media and all others interested in discussing and learning more about “How should we protect the personal data of vulnerable categories?” at the eighth “Privacy Talk”, which will begin at 3 p.m. on May 31st, in Public Room. The meeting’s attendees will have the opportunity to…

Bitola, 28 April 2022 – An event was held in Bitola today, aimed at networking young people with companies and civil society organizations from Bitola and the region, also marking the opening of the “MladiHub” Youth Center in this city. This facility is envisaged to serve as a space for work, networking and organizing activities…

Given the rapid pace of technological change, the development of techniques for automatic data processing (algorithms) and their impact on the human rights, the publication of the Council of Europe, “Algorithms and Human Rights”, was translated into Macedonian on the request of the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services, as part of the JUFREX…

Media and IT Literacy is a dynamic concept of life-long learning, and its definition changes along with the changes in the technology. However, the power of cooperation among the different stakeholders – both institutional and non-institutional – is key to the development in this sphere, i.e. to the understanding of its very concept and its…

On 22 October 2018, as part of the “Topic for a Dilemma” Project, the holding of began for the students of seven high schools in Bitola. The workshops envisage to provide media literacy knowledge for some 140 high school students from Bitola, expansion of their formal education and, most importantly, increase in their awareness with…

At the workshops held as part of the “Topic for a Dilemma” Project, a total of 140 high school students will receive relevant training and education. The students had an opportunity to learn more details about medial literacy and critical thinking. This project is realized by the GANIMED Association from Bitola and the TV21 media…

Alsat-M TV hosted a workshop on media literacy for its own employees, as part of the “CriThink” project, financed by the European Union. The “in-house” training that was conducted by a team of Diversity Media, involved journalists and show hosts, and tackled topics such as caution with regard to hate speech, particularly when it comes…

The Macedonian Institute for Media, with the support of the European Union, held several workshops on media literacy in high schools in 2021. One of them was dedicated to the diversity in the media, as well as to the representation of the vulnerable and marginalized groups in the media. The lecturer of this workshop was…

Within the Media Literacy Days 2021, several media literacy workshops were held in secondary schools, organized by the Macedonian institute for Media. On the workshop held on 30th November, the issues around the verification of the information presented by the media were discussed with the high school students. The lecturer of this workshop was the…

New technologies and digital media shape today’s world, and affect our democracies and our societies. As much as they have created opportunities, they have also caused threats to the way we think about information, politics, and relationships. In previous decades, media literacy and media education mostly emphasized critical thinking, the need to understand how information…

In a joint organization by ICS and IREX, as a part of the YouThink Media Literacy Project (USAID), International Symposium on Critical Thinking and Media Literacy is going to be held on February 3 rd and 4th 2022. The event is going to be held online via Zoom platform. The symposium will spotlight the key…

Wanting to contribute to the Media Literacy Days 2021, the UKLO FM-Bitola University Radio – a radio service of “St. Kliment Ohridski” University in Bitola – which is a member of the Media Literacy Network, dedicated its 18th edition of the children’s radio show titled “Listen to Us!”, aired on 26 November 2021, to media…

In the period from 7 to 20 October 2021, the “Focus Pocus Films” Production held a workshop titled “Inclusive Animation” at the premises of “Europe House” in Skopje and the Cinematheque of NorthMacedonia. The project was supported by the EU Delegation in Skopje and was implemented in cooperation with the Cinematheque of North Macedonia and…

Within the Days of Media Literacy for Children and Youth 2021, on November 30, the Research Institute on Social Development – RESIS presented the results of the Action Research “Vulnerable Groups in the Public Sphere”. Additionally, the Media Literacy Handbook for Parents was presented during the event. During the discussion, the NGOs working with various…

The Media Literacy Network held its annual meeting, which traditionally takes place as part of the  Media Literacy Days, on 29 November 2021. The meeting was held online, using the Zoom platform.  Attending the meeting were: Emilija Petreska-Kamenjarova (AAAVMS), Sasho Bogdanovski (AAAVMS), Viktor Stojanov (AAAVMS), Marina Trajkova (AAAVMS), Snezhana Trpevska (RESIS Institute), Bojan Shashevski (MOF),…

Within the Media Literacy Days 2021, on November 26th, the Council of Media Ethics of Macedonia (CMEM) presented the “Recommendations for Professional Reporting for Children and Youth” and held a public session of the Press Complaints Commission. In partnership with the First Children’s Embassy in the World “Megjashi“, throughout consultations with the professional media and…

Skopje, 30 November 2021 – As part of the Media Literacy Days 2021, the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services and the Resis Institute held an online debate yesterday on the topic of “Gender Analysis in Children’s TV Programmes: Are We Building Critical Awareness in Children?” The discussion covered several segments, from what the…

This year, in the period from 22 until 29 November, the Media Literacy Days (MLD 2021) will be held for the third time. This time, the Media Literacy Network is dedicating MLD to children and young people, motivated by the latest developments in the field of media literacy in our country, i.e. the official introduction…

This year, in the period from 22 until 29 November, the Media Literacy Days (MLD 2021) will be held for the third time. In the course of eight days, a series of events will take place under the motto “Virtual or Real World – The Rules Are the Same! Be Media Literate,” dedicated to building…

Findings of Survey “Mapping the level of media literacy in the Republic of North Macedonia 2019” Age of respondents: 16+ Survey 2019Survey (data) 2019 [.CSV format]Survey (data) 2019 [.XLSX format]Survey 2016 The safety key is rarely used! Prior knowledge on a certain topic serves as the most common ‘filter’ that readers (51.7%) use to check…

With the ongoing election campaign for the 2020 Early Parliamentary Elections in mind, the publication on “Disinformation and Election Campaigns” has been translated into Macedonian for the needs of the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services, as part of the JUFREX project. The publication contains an overview of the current situation regarding disinformation from…

There is an ongoing call by the Macedonian Institute for Media for proposals to apply for grants supporting the civil society organizations in their efforts to enable the citizens to use media contents critically and react to them responsibly. A total of six grants will be allocated in the maximum amount of Euro 8,000 each,…

The Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of North Macedonia and the Institute of Communication Studies (ICS) hereby invite secondary school students in the country to apply for the #BeMediActive competition and jointly celebrate European Media Literacy Week 2020. Secondary school students should submit proposals for creating journalistic stories that they would produce…

The Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM) continuously provides recommendations, manuals, instructions, analyses and research referring to the professional and responsible media reporting. Among all of them, important tools used by the media in the process of expanding the media literacy are the following ones:   Recommendations for responsible online media Recommendations towards increased integrity…

The Media Plus – Association from Shtip published an Analysis, based on the surveys conducted in a number of towns in the eastern part of the country, in cooperation with Kanal 77 Radio, as part of the Media Literacy Project that carried out with the support of “Metamorphosis”. Although media literacy is something that is…

The “Metamorphosis” Foundation and the “Eurothink” Centre for European Strategies are inviting all interested local civil society organizations and media to take part in the informative sessions regarding the Small Grants Programme as part of the “Critical Thinking for Media-wise Citizens –CriThink” Project. The small grants competition is the second of the two cycles within…

Skopje, 4 July 2019 – The OSCE Mission in Skopje announced a public call today to engage a local service provider that would prepare a research, i.e. produce a survey design and data collections on the level of media literacy in the Republic of North Macedonia in 2019. The request for proposals is available at the…

The School of Journalism and Public Relations conducted a research into “Media Literacy in Macedonia: An Attempt at Implementing it in Primary Education,” with the support from the Bureau for Development of Education, with the aim of establishing how this concept is treated in the curricula and study programmes, which forms of acquiring knowledge on…

Youth Media Literacy” is focused on young people whose awareness of the media literacy is non-existing or on a low level, but who are interested to participate in qualitative sharing of their views and ideas, as well as to report about events and happenings whose end goal is to cause social change. “Youth Media Literacy”…

The launch event of the “Critical Thinking for Mediawise Citizens – CriThink” Project was held on 1 June 2018. The project will be implemented in the course of the following three years by the Metamorphoses Foundation in partnership with Eurothink, supported by the European Union. Its goal is to promote cooperation towards developing critical thinking…

Metamorphosis, “Analysis of the legal framework related to the media”, 2018. Available at: https://metamorphosis.org.mk/izdanija_arhiva/analiza-na-zakonskite-ramki-povrzani-so-mediumite/

The analysis “Connecting Citizens: Digital Communications in the Civil Society Sector in Macedonia” addresses the benefits and the need for efficient and effective communication of civil society organizations with their target groups and the general public using modern communication tools and techniques. In addition, it explores the capacities and resources available to CSOs that address…

Ordanoski S., “Freedom of expression against hate speech in the media in Macedonia”, 2018 Skopje, ICS Available at: LINK

The School of Journalism and Public Relations has recently announced a contest for the best media products (photo-story, poster or one-minute video) created by high school students, on the topic “I wish my municipality would…” The contest is open until 29 April 2018. The three best products will be awarded (a tablet, a mobile phone,…

On 22 February 2018, in Skopje, a conference was held on “Media Literacy in the Macedonian Formal Education: In or Out”. At this event, the need was stressed for continuous trainings of the teaching staff in the primary and secondary schools. The event was organized by the School of Journalism and Public Relations, in partnership…

This mapping document of gender in IT sphere in Macedonia is developed within Metamorphosis’ project “Promoting, Shaping and Upholding Internet Freedoms”. Main objectives of the project are increasing the understanding of the current situation related to implementation of basic rights and freedoms on the internet in Macedonia, capacity building of NGOs and media, and facilitating…

Metamorphosis, “Internet freedom in Macedonia – report for 2017” Available at: LINK

The regional conference „Media Literacy and Education Needs of Journalists and the Public“, was held on 28 and 29 March in Skopje organized by the Macedonian Institute for Media. The conference was organized within the regional project „South-East European Partnership for Media Development“, implemented by the Center for Independent Journalism from Romania in cooperation with…

Nikodinoska, V., Milenkovski, S. and Georgievski, B., “Improving the role of PBS MRT in promoting ML through comparison with good practices from Great Britain and Belgium”, 2019. Skopje: MIM. Available at: LINK

AVMS: media literacy level among the adult population in Republic of Macedonia. Available at: LINK

On 1 December 2016, at the Macedonian Media Institute (MIM) a panel-discussion was held, at which a report was presented on the “Research into Journalists’ Educational Needs and Media Literacy of the Audience”, conducted by the MIM team as part of the regional project titled “Southeast European Partnership for Media Development”. The “Research into Journalists’…

The document “Strengthening professional standards or free speech erosion: regulation of online media in Macedonia” addresses issues related to online media regulation and the challenges and problems arising from this process. The document analyzes domestic and European legislation in the field, and offers recommendations for improvement in the area, applicable to different stakeholders in Macedonian…

The research aims to identify the essential elements of a curricula for journalism studies in South East Europe, taking into account the different structural and social and political circumstances the journalism education is facing in this region. Infographic link Research available at: LINK

The policy paper focuses on the challenges and issues the journalism is facing in the digital age. The document provides an overview of legislation in this area, a review of cases from practice and recommendations on how the media and journalists can report professionally and ethically. Research available at: LINK