Journalist awards "Srđan Aleksić" presented in Sarajevo

On the International Day of Peace, 21.09., tonight at the Art Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo, starting at 7 PM, the "Srđan Aleksić" journalist awards were ceremonially presented for the seventh time.

This journalist award is given for professional and continuous reporting on marginalized and vulnerable groups in BiH society and for the development of socially responsible journalism, within the framework of USAID's PRO-Budućnost project.

As is known, this year's first award for professional reporting was given to Milan Račić from the portal Tačno.net from Mostar. The second award went to journalist Mirza Sadiković from Television of Una-Sana Canton, and the third to journalist Ana Kotur for texts on the portal Buka.ba. The special plaque "Srđan Aleksić" will be awarded to Al Jazeera Balkans journalist, Sanel Kajan.

In addition to the award winners and friends and partners of the PRO-Budućnost project, the ceremony was attended by the Ambassador of Sweden to BiH, Anders Hagelberg, and Shanley Pinchotti, Director of the Office for Democratization at the USAID Mission to BiH.

The "Srđan Aleksić" award is presented by the Peacebuilding Network with the support of the PRO-Budućnost project.