Development Journalism

Development journalism can be an ambiguous thing. On one hand it goes against the basic principles of journalism by allowing journalists to report and inform only on things which are considered good for the people and the country, but on the other hand for peripheral countries development journalism might just be a concept that can help them get on their feet faster, strengthen their position and preserve their national identity. Personally, I believe that it depends very much on the type of government and the media-government relationship that will be established. The only example I can find of such a relationship in my country would be the National TV and Radio Station which is run under the hat of the government. Unfortunately, due to a lot of corruption and protection of different "parties' interests" this story has been a failure: poor management, thousands of people getting sacked, a lot of money missing and very low popularity were outcomes that the people saw. This. of course, made it a lot more easier for private TV stations to take over in the whole media contest. Nevertheless, this has not been the most positive thing for my country as well because most of private TV stations are associated with political parties and exclusively report on all the mistakes of the government or the negative events in the society etc. As a result, many people's feeling is that the whole Macedonian society is trapped in this vicious circle of error, defeats and injustice. Therefore, I cannot help but wonder whether what kind of effect development journalism wound have over the people in my country.