Novi Sad School of Journalism award presented

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N1 reporter Maja Djuric was given a special award for journalistic excellence bz the Novi Sad School of Journalism which presented its annual Marina Kovacev award to Zoran Strika, a journalist with the 021 news portal.

Strika said after the presentation that local media are the first line of defense for the public interest. “Good journalists are good people because you can’t defend the public interest out of bad intentions,” he said.

The Marina Kovacev award was presented by the late Marina’s mother. Marina Kovacev died at the age of 28 in 2018 and her family set up a foundation named after her.