Istinomer as Civic Media

With provincial and local elections approaching, and possibility for early elections at all levels in Serbia, this project seeked to motivate public demand for election candidates’, political parties’ and public institutions’ accountability.

This have been done through the Istinomer ongoing accountability journalism, fact-checking and investigative reporting, with particular focus on political parties’ and election candidates’ accountability and performance. Istinomer video products (Istinomer interviews and video fact-checks) aimed to raise visibility of most striking accountability issues and developments, while development of Istinomer online tools will seek to increase citizens’ interactive engagement in pre-election processes.

Donor: National Endowment for Democracy (NED)