Community media is a standalone phenomenon, resulting directly from the need of different groups in society to find a way to satisfy that part of their media needs that they do not find in the main (mainstream) media.

The study arose from the need to build an authentic and sustainable model of online community media in RNM that will meet the communication needs of all groups of citizens at the local level.

The comparative study presents the different theoretical approaches, the standards of the Council of Europe for this type of media, as well as the experiences of other countries in creating non-profit media that serve local groups and communities.

The study "Journalists' Views and Perceptions of Judicial Transparency: A Comparative Study in Three Western Balkan Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Serbia" presents the findings from the regional research project conducted among journalists from three Western Balkans countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Serbia. The author of this study is Dr Snežana Trpevska, from the Research Institute on Social Development – RESIS. The main objective of the study was to gain insight and identify means of facilitating dialogue and cooperation between journalists and judicial authorities in these countries and to establish priority areas and actions for transforming the current “antagonistic” relationship into a partnership for the benefit of the public. At a regional level, this is the first comprehensive study that comparatively examines the various aspects and causes of the tense relationship between these two professions, both of which are exceptionally important for a democratic society.

RESIS Institute published its third comparative analysis of the level of media freedom and journalists’ safety in the Western Balkans countries. As in the previous two cycles (2016 and 2018), the comparative findings presented in this analysis rely primarily on the data collected by the partners of the platform Safejournalists and published in the seven national reports. The first assessment in 2016 established many deficiencies in the implementation of the constitutional and legal guarantees for media freedom and safety of journalists in the Western Balkan countries. This newest assessment confirmed that the process of creating more free and safer environment for media and journalists in the last six years was complex, slow and sometimes regressive because the authorities in most countries demonstrated obvious reluctance to understand the demands of journalists’ associations and to increase media freedom and protect journalists from attacks and harassment.