Novinari i protesti: profesionalne norme i stege medijske slobode
Journalists and Protests: Professional Norms and the Boundaries of Media Freedom

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyzes fundamental journalistic principles through a debate on professional objectivity and a journalist’s right to express their views, advocate for them, and protest on their behalf in the public sphere. The paper examines the position of journalists in social and political actions, comparing this civil right with the standards of global media services such as the BBC, Reuters, Associated Press, Deutsche Welle, and NPR. Despite the increasing discussions about granting journalists more civil rights in terms of public expression, existing norms suggest that a journalist’s participation in protests as a participant undermines the principle of objectivity, bringing them closer to an activist role rather than a professional one, and is therefore mostly prohibited by ethical codes.

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