Jelena Jovovic

Novi Sad School of Journalism

The Novi Sad School of Journalism is a civil society organization, founded in 1996 and is very experienced in advocacy in the field of promotion of human rights and democratic reforms as well as in education of journalists. NSSJ fields of activities are communications strategies, civic actions aimed at putting social problems on the public agenda, advocacy, democratization of civil society and the affirmation of European integration. Up until 2007, the core activity of the NSSJ was the education of media workers, and over time, it has developed into a modern, educational information center for all professions that are working in the field on communication in its widest sense, for representatives of information providing services, of state institutions and representatives of the civil society. Previous initiatives of NSSJ included strengthening of civic activism and preparing young people to participate in decision making processes. Our participants acquire knowledge and skills for communication without ethnic, religious, sexual, or racial discrimination. Our guidelines are European integration, civil society, social action, democratization.