Building peace in the minds of men and women

World Press Freedom Day 2016

Tue, 3 May - 16:15 to 17:45

Parallel Session 4

Ljiljana Zurovac

Executive Director, Bosnia Herzegovina Press Council (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Ljiljana Zurovac has been the executive director of the Press Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina since September 2005. An expert on media self-regulation and ethics, she established a new press council for all print and online media in Bosnia-Herzegovina. She has established educational programs on media ethics and press freedom, as well as on media literacy for diverse audiences. She had previously worked for six years as programme director at the Media Plan High College of Journalism. Between 1980 and 2008 she worked as an active radio and TV journalist, editor and host of live programs at PBS and Radio FERN.