Radio Gradiška is perhaps the best example of how shifts in power at the local level changes the entire editorial and management boards of such a radio station, after which they exclusively favor the political parties that make up the local and entity level government.” What local media? There used to be a network of radio stations that functioned properly in the RS, but their role is no longer visible to me. Similar observations have been made by Oslobođenje journalist and a media analyst, Gordana Katana “As far as local media is concerned, I don’t even know what we are referring to. Thus, instead of those media serving as a source of information for the citizens of their municipality, they support and serve the local authorities.” says Vukelić. This can be done quickly and unscrupulously, as those media are heavily reliant on the municipal budget. The first act of every authority that comes into power is to replace the editor-in-chief or director of their municipality’s local media outlet. Indeed, the local media’s role should be to inform the public about local problems, how the local government is functioning, and how the citizens’ money is being spent in each municipality. “Local media outlets are literally in the hands of the coalition in power in their corresponding communities. However, the conclusion is that the spent millions have not contributed to the improvement of local media outlets and their role, said the president of the Association of Banja Luka Journalists, Siniša Vukelić. The allocations for local public media outlets account for around 60% of all media financing.ĭata from the last few years indicate a decrease in finances, which is a direct consequence of the economic crisis. A 2016 Mediacentar survey states that, in 20 alone, RS municipalities and cities spent 3.8 million Bosnian convertible marks (BAM) a year on local public media outlets. While RTRS receives financing from the revenues made off of RTV tax, millions are also being allocated from local budgets to finance municipal media. However, there are no other local public media outlets in the RS administrative center of Banja Luka. The headquarters of the RS’s public broadcaster, Radio Television of Republika Srpska (RTRS), is located in the entity’s most populous city of Banja Luka. Source: Some key questions to ask when analyzing the role of the objective local media in BiH is: How marginalized are those outlets that are reporting to the public and do they serve any other purpose than that of marketing and political promotion? This “Real Voice of Journalism” publication explores the media landscape in BiH’s Republika Srpska Entity.Ī third of the 64 municipalities and cities in the Republika Srpska (RS) have their own local media outlets, which includes around 20 radio and two television stations.
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