Awarded the annual AJM journalistic awards

The Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM) today awarded the traditional annual awards, recognizing the most prominent journalists and media professionals.
The Awards Committee, composed of German Filkov, Dusica Mrdja and Senate Zulbeari this year awarded Zvezdan Georgievski’s « Krste Petkov Misirkov » Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his lasting contribution to Macedonian journalism.

The Jasar Erebara Investigative Journalism Award was given to the Research Reporter Laboratory (IRL) for the story « Mail Officer Provided ESM ash plants ».

For the best journalist reporting on local and regional topics, the award was received by Fisnik Helili from Portalb.mk for the story « Violence among Students – a serious alarm in Tetovo ».

The Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM), for the first time since its inception, this year establishes the prestigious award for the best filming project of public interest, confirming its commitment to promoting journalistic and media standards.

The Commission, made up of German Filkov, Dusica Mrdja and Senate Zulbeari, and Zoran Dogov and Saso Dokovski additionally had the category of filmmakers, and was tasked with evaluating the projects that stand out with their creativity, technical excellence and significance for the public interest.
Ivan Popovic’s Best Caming Project for 2024 was awarded to Ivan Popovic for the topic: Climate Migration: Prespa in a race to save it, posted on the platform doma.edu.mk.

Acknowledgments for a special contribution to the promotion of professional investigative journalism have received the journalist research magazine KOD from Telma TV for the story « Tenders in Lottery for the Supply of Video Thermals and Millions », Aleksandar Dimitrievski and Mihail Milosevski, He made revenue (not worked), nor was he on the list of legal entities, ”published at 360 degrees. Trajce Antonovski Camerenter from IRL for Best Camera and Film expression for the story on « Stolen Lives ».

The winners of this year’s awards have expressed gratitude for the awards, noting that the awards are a motive for further work in the public interest.

The President of AJM, Mladen Cadikovski, emphasized the challenges that journalists face and the importance of solidarity in the field.
« Today with these awards we celebrate the courage, perseverance and professionalism of Macedonian journalists, » Cadikovski said.

Anthony Belandzer, Secretary General of the International Federation of Journalists (MFN), also addressed the attendees who welcomed the award -winning and all those colleagues who applied with their own authorities. Representative of the Awards Committee, German Filkov, noted that the choice was a challenge due to high quality applications.