Session
Journalism, Media and Communication
Description
The topic that I have chosen to address is the state of online media, their organization, and in particular, the issue of portal ownership in Kosovo. I have taken this very seriously because it belongs to this field, and I know it well, or at least I try to understand it. I will address all professional, ethical, and organizational circumstances related to and around Kosovar portals. When the first online journalism initiatives began in Kosovo, new innovative ideas began to emerge, to make a portal as beautiful as possible in terms of color. In this paper of mine, the many dilemmas and confusions that arise from the internal organization of a portal, the financial side, and the issue of online media ownership in Kosovo will be addressed. Of all these doubts, undoubtedly essential, for a portal continues to be professional and educational preparation, in the general field of journalism. It may be the director of the medium without a journalism faculty, but it would be anachronistic if the editor-in-chief and editorial staff do not consist of 90 percent of journalists. It is important. that each portal in its imprint, makes public its founder, and the editorial team which is then forwarded with all the internal rules, which includes the code of ethics and its editorial concept. And it is quite normal, that in all this hesitation, the online media should be more transparent in their professional and ethical functioning, but also in the sense of transparency and legality. Who owns the main portals, who are the financiers, who are the editors, and so on, there is still a lack of them, for the public to know and know. Online media and its owners. must show an act of courage in their walks and not run away not to hide behind fictitious names. Still in Kosovo, there are portals that work unregistered anywhere and this is extremely worrying. Why is media ownership so important and does it affect the editorial policy of the medium? The answer is that it affects, even a lot, all the more so in Kosovo and the region, where the professional mentality remains hostage to the boss or manager.
Keywords:
Ownership, portals, organization, transparency, finance.
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-982-15-3
Location
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
Start Date
25-10-2024 9:00 AM
End Date
27-10-2024 6:00 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2024.113
Recommended Citation
Sabedini, Musa, "The state of the portals and the internal organization of an online medium in Kosovo. Do you know who owns the portals in Kosovo, and why is media ownership important?" (2024). UBT International Conference. 8.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2024UBTIC/JMC/8
The state of the portals and the internal organization of an online medium in Kosovo. Do you know who owns the portals in Kosovo, and why is media ownership important?
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
The topic that I have chosen to address is the state of online media, their organization, and in particular, the issue of portal ownership in Kosovo. I have taken this very seriously because it belongs to this field, and I know it well, or at least I try to understand it. I will address all professional, ethical, and organizational circumstances related to and around Kosovar portals. When the first online journalism initiatives began in Kosovo, new innovative ideas began to emerge, to make a portal as beautiful as possible in terms of color. In this paper of mine, the many dilemmas and confusions that arise from the internal organization of a portal, the financial side, and the issue of online media ownership in Kosovo will be addressed. Of all these doubts, undoubtedly essential, for a portal continues to be professional and educational preparation, in the general field of journalism. It may be the director of the medium without a journalism faculty, but it would be anachronistic if the editor-in-chief and editorial staff do not consist of 90 percent of journalists. It is important. that each portal in its imprint, makes public its founder, and the editorial team which is then forwarded with all the internal rules, which includes the code of ethics and its editorial concept. And it is quite normal, that in all this hesitation, the online media should be more transparent in their professional and ethical functioning, but also in the sense of transparency and legality. Who owns the main portals, who are the financiers, who are the editors, and so on, there is still a lack of them, for the public to know and know. Online media and its owners. must show an act of courage in their walks and not run away not to hide behind fictitious names. Still in Kosovo, there are portals that work unregistered anywhere and this is extremely worrying. Why is media ownership so important and does it affect the editorial policy of the medium? The answer is that it affects, even a lot, all the more so in Kosovo and the region, where the professional mentality remains hostage to the boss or manager.