Media Freedom in Focus: Serbian independent media under fire from the Vučić government

N1, one of the largest independent broadcasting news outlets still thriving in democratically backsliding Serbia, is facing strong pressure and murky times ahead as the current government, lead by Aleksandar Vučić, is tightening its grip on independent media and the student movement protesting the state of the affairs in the country. 

In this episode of Media Freedom in Focus, we talk with Igor Božić, news director of N1 TV Serbia, about how the Vučić government is treating independent outlets like N1 and how the outlet is affairing in these dire times. 

Guest: Igor Božić, News Director at N1 TV Serbia

Host and Producer: Jamie Wiseman, Europe Advocacy Officer at International Press Institute (IPI)

Editor: Kasperi Kainulainen, Helsingin Sanomat Foundation Fellow at International Press Institute (IPI)

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This podcast series is part of the MFRR in Focus project sponsored by Media Freedom Rapid Response, which tracks, monitors and responds to violations of press and media freedom in EU Member States and Candidate Countries.

For more in-depth podcast episodes about the state of press freedom in Europe, visit the MFRR website or search MFRR In Focus on your podcasts apps. The MFRR is co-funded by the European Commission.

Other episodes in this series:

• MFRR in focus: The state of Poland’s public service media
• Press freedom in peril: navigating elections and political turmoil in Poland, Slovakia and Bulgaria
• Independent journalism in Austria faces a far-right threat
• Media Freedom in Focus: Untangling media capture in Greece
• MFRR Podcast: The battle over the future of Poland’s politicized public media
• Examining press freedom in Moldova after tense election
• Media Freedom in Focus: DDoS attacks against Hungarian independent media