Appendix 2 Research results in tables Table 1.2 Media type by country 6 Albania 3 television 1 radio station 1 Internet news site 1 news agency 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 daily newspaper 1 radio station 1 bi-weekly newspaper 4 Bulgaria 1 daily newspaper 1 television station 1 Internet news site 1 bi-monthly newspaper 1 Croatia 1 radio 11 FYR Macedonia 7 daily newspapers 2 television stations 1 weekly newspaper 1 news agency 1 Moldova 1 daily newspaper 7 Romania 3 daily newspapers 1 television station 1 radio station 1 news agency 1 environmental NGO newsletter 3Yugoslavia 2 television stations 1 weekly newspaper 2 Kosovo 1 daily newspaper 1 weekly newspaper Table 2.1. Experience of responding journalists Question: How long have you been working as an environmental journalist? Number of answers: 12 less than a year 12 more than five years 7 less than two years 6 two to five years Table 2.2. Experience of responding journalists by country Albania 2 two to five 2 more than five years 1 less than two years 1 less than a year Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 more than five years 1 less than a year Bulgaria 2 more than five years 1 two to five years 1 less than two years Croatia 1 two to five FYR Macedonia 4 less than a year 4 more than five years 3 less than two years Moldova 1 two to five years Romania 6 less than a year 1 two to five Yugoslavia 2 more than five years 1 less than two years Kosovo 1 less than two years /1 missing/ Table 3.1 Number of responding journalists who specialised in environmental issues Question: Are you covering exclusively environmental issues? Answers: 25 yes 13 no / please, specify your main area of your work/         3 social topics         2 international relations         2 Skopje         1 education and science         1 sport 1 economics 1 culture and education Table 3.2 Number of responding journalists who specialised in environmental issues, by country Albania 4 yes 2 no* *Specifications missing Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 no 1 social topics 1 economics 1 culture and education Bulgaria 4 yes   Croatia 1 yes   FYR Macedonia 8 yes 3 no 1 international relations 2 Skopje Moldova 1 no social topics Romania 5 yes 2 no 1 education and science 1 sports Yugoslavia 2 yes 1 no international relations Kosovo 1 yes 1 no social topics Table 4.1 Sources. Question: What are your sources?/ You may give more than one answer/ Answers: 33 NGOs 19 state institutions 29 research institutes 21 specialised articles 16 others / please, specify/         5 Internets         6 citizens         3 own sources         1 professionals         1 scientific literature Table 4.2. Sources by country Albania 5 research institutes 3 NGOs 3 state institutions 2 specialised articles 1 scientific literature Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 NGOs 3 research institutes 2 state institutions 2 specialised articles 2 citizens Bulgaria 4 state institutions 4 research institutes 4 NGOs 2 specialised articles 4 Internet Croatia 1 state institutions 1 research institutes 1 NGO 1 specialised articles 1 schools FYR Macedonia 10 state institutions 9 NGOs 7 research institutes 3 specialised articles 4 citizens 3 Internet Moldova 1 state institutions 1 research institutes 1 NGO 1 specialised articles   Romania 7 state institutions 7 NGOs 5 research institutes 5 specialised articles 2 Internet 1 own investigations and sources 1 news agencies 1 professionals Yugoslavia 3 NGOs 3 research institutes 3 specialised articles 2 state institutions 1 Internet Kosovo 2 NGOs 2 specialised articles 1 state institutions 1 research institutes   Table 5.2 How frequently media covers environmental issues, by country 6 Albania 3 more seldom than once in a week 2 two or three times a week 1 on a daily basis 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 on a daily basis 1 more seldom than once in a week / N.B. bi- weekly edition/ 4 Bulgaria 2 more seldom than once in a week 1 two or three times a week 1 once in a week 1 Croatia 1 two or three times a week 11 FYR Macedonia 4 two or three times a week 4 once in a week 2 more seldom than once in a week 1 on a daily basis 1 Moldova missing 7 Romania 2 two or three times a week 2 more seldom than once in a week 2 once in a week 1 on a daily basis 3 Yugoslavia 2 two or three times a week 1 more seldom than once in a week 2 Kosovo 1 two or three times a week 1 once in a week Table 6.2 Types of environmental stories by country 6 Albania 4 reports 1 analyses, comments 1 investigation 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 reports 3 Bulgaria 2 analyses, comments 1 reports 1 investigation 1 Croatia 1 reports 11 FYR Macedonia 7 reports 3 analyses, comments 1 investigation 1 Moldova 1 investigation 7 Romania 5 reports 2 analyses, comments 3 Yugoslavia 2 reports 1 analyses, comments 2 Kosovo 2 reports Table 7.2 Most-covered environmental issues, by country 6 Albania 2 waste 2 pollution 1 consequences of business activity 1 environmental education 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 pollution 1 waste   4 Bulgaria 1 waste 1 achievements in environment protection 1 birds / 1 missing/ 1 Croatia * missing   11 FYR Macedonia 5 waste 5 pollution 1 activities of civic organisations   1 Moldova 1 N-plant safety   7 Romania 4 pollution 1 achievements in environment protection 1 achievements with citizens' participation 1 biodiversity 3 Yugoslavia 2 waste 1 pollution   2 Kosovo 1waste 1 pollution   Table 8.1 Cooperation with governmental sources Question: Do you think that state institutions give you all the information available to them? Answers:         19 yes, occasionally 13 yes, seldom 4 never 1 yes, always Table 8.2. Cooperation with governmental sources, by country 6 Albania 4 yes, occasionally 2 yes, seldom   3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 yes, always 1 yes, occasionally * 1 missing 4 Bulgaria 2 yes, occasionally 1 yes, seldom 1 never   1 Croatia 1 yes, occasionally   11 FYR Macedonia 6 yes, seldom 3 yes, occasionally 2 never   1 Moldova 1 yes, seldom   7 Romania 6 yes, occasionally 1 yes, seldom   3 Yugoslavia 2 yes, occasionally 1 yes, seldom   2 Kosovo 1 yes, seldom 1 never   Table 9.1 Cooperation with NGO sources Question: Do you think that NGOs give you all the information available to them? Answer:          13 yes, always 15 yes, occasionally 5 yes, seldom 0 no, never Table 9.2 Cooperation with NGO sources, by country 6 Albania 1 always * 5 missing answers 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 always 2 occasionally   4 Bulgaria 4 occasionally   1 Croatia 1 occasionally   11 FYR Macedonia 2 occasionally 6 always 3 seldom   1 Moldova 1 occasionally   7 Romania 2 always 4 occasionally 1 seldom   3 Yugoslavia 1 always 1 occasionally 1 seldom   2 Kosovo 2 always   Table 10.1 Environmental media organisations in SEE Question: Is there an organisation of environmental journalists in your country? Answer:       yes, its name is ................ 15 no Table 10.2 Environmental media organisations in SEE, by country 6 Albania 5 yes 1 no 4 “Mass media and environment” 1 “Association of Agriculture and Environment Journalists”/ AAEJ/ 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 yes 2 no Fondeko 4 Bulgaria 4 no   1 Croatia 1 yes Journalists association for environment protection at Croatian Union of Journalists 11 FYR Macedonia 11 yes 11 Åcopresscentre 2 ÅRINA 1 Journalists for children and women rights and protection of environment in Macedonia 1 Moldova 1 yes “There is an organization but nobody knows about its activity.” 7 Romania 4 yes 3 no 3 Romanian environmental journalists association /ARZM/ 1 Åcopress 3 Yugoslavia 3 no   2 Kosovo 2 no   Table 11. Transboundary environmental coverage by mass media Question: Does the media in your country cover the environmental situation in the other countries of the region? Answers:          25 yes, occasionally 11 no 1 yes, often Table 12.2 Sources of transboundary environmental information for mass media by country Countries Question # 11 Question # 12 /sources/ 6 Albania 5 no 1 occasionally 1 news agencies 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 occasionally 1 often neighbouring countries' media news agencies NGO 4 Bulgaria 4 occasionally International conferences specialised institutes NGO Foreign newspapers News agencies 1 Croatia 1 occasionally Ministry of Environment REC 11 FYR Macedonia 9 occasionally 2 no 2 Internet 2 contacts with journalists 2 Ìàcedonian news agency 2 foreign magazines and newspapers 2 TV 1 foreign journalists 1 analyses of governmental institutions 1 Moldova 1 occasionally /esp. about N-plants safety/   7 Romania 5 occasionally 1 no * 1 missing ÀP, Reuters, ÂÂÑ, ÀFP Reports of international NGOs 3 Yugoslavia 2 no 1 occasionally TV Scientific journals 2 Kosovo 1 occasionally 1 no Deutsche Welle News agencies Table 13.1 Level of cooperation among environmental journalists in SEE Question: Do you cooperate with environmental journalists from the region / you may give more than one answer/ Answers:          17 no 10 yes, occasionally, at media level 4 yes, on a regular basis, at media level 4 yes, occasionally, on a personal level 2 yes, on a regular basis, on a personal level Table 13.2 Level of cooperation among environmental journalists in SEE, by country 6 Albania 3 no 2 on a reg. Basis, at personal level 1 on a reg. Basis, at media level 1 on a periodical basis, at media level 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 on a periodical basis, at media level 1 no 4 Bulgaria 2 no 1 on a periodical basis, at media level 1 on a periodical basis, at personal level 1 Croatia 1 on a reg. Basis, at personal level 11 FYR Macedonia 4 no 3 on a reg. Basis , at media level 4 on a periodical basis, at media level 1 Moldova 1 on a periodical basis, at personal level 7 Romania 4 no 3 on a periodical basis, at personal level 3 Yugoslavia 2 no 1 on a periodical basis, at personal level 2 Kosovo 1 no 1 on a periodical basis, at media level 1on a periodical basis, at personal level Table 14.1 Suggestions for improving cooperation among environmental journalists in SEE Question: How can regional journalistic cooperation in the environmental area improve through REPC?/ you may give more than one answer/ Answers:          31 through the establishment of an information exchange network 26 through joint projects 27 through extension of personal contacts 4 by other means/ please, specify/ Table 14.2 Suggestions for improving cooperation among environmental journalists in SEE 6 Albania 5 projects 4 network 3 contacts   3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 network 3 contacts 1 projects   4 Bulgaria 4 network 3 projects 4 contacts -regional mailing and telephone list 1 Croatia 1 network 1 projects   11 FYR Macedonia 8 projects 7 network 7 contacts   1 Moldova 1 network 1 projects   7 Romania 7 network 6 projects 6 contacts - meetings of environmental journalists from the region -establishing of resource centre as a news agency on environmental information 3 Yugoslavia 3 network 3 contacts 2 projects -seminars, round tables, conferences and debates online 2 Kosovo 2 network 1 projects   Table 15.1 Environmental journalism training topics by country Question: What kind of REPC-organised training would you prefer by themes; journalist approaches and techniques; working with sources; promotion; relations with NGOs and institutions, etc. /Please, formulate the training courses and workshops in which you would like to participate as you see them/ 6 Albania -journalist approaches and techniques; -training on environmental topics -reader-friendly environmental writing -promotion -courses in professional skills -all kinds of courses are useful and necessary 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina -more work on promotion -journalist approaches and techniques -relationships with media-NGO and institutions -training in various environmental topics 4 Bulgaria -information exchange network -joint projects -discussions on regional environmental problems/ pollution, waste, environment protection/ -environmental reporting -work with sources -cooperation and exchange of information 1 Croatia -work with sources -training of children and young people for environment protection 11 FYR Macedonia -5 work with sources ; promotion -4 approaches and techniques -4 relationship media — NGO and institutions -training in environmental topics -investigative environmental journalism 1 Moldova -training for work with institutions -training in environmental topics 7 Romania -2 approaches and techniques -cross-border relationships -businesses' impact on environment -work with sources; better skills in environmental reporting -biodiversity and environment protection 3 Yugoslavia -2 approaches and techniques -computer- assisted environmental reporting -investigative journalism -work with sources -promotion -relationship media- NGO and institutions 2 Kosovo -database on environmental problems -exchange of information -investigative journalism -relationship media — NGO -approaches and techniques Table 16 Omitted important questions Question: Is there any question that you think is important that has been omitted from the questionnaire? Answers: Romania: Is there developed environmental media somewhere? No.. Albania: Environment protection and environmental journalism has to be introduced in the university curriculum. Table 17.1 Potential contribution from respondent journalists Question: Would you be interested in contributing to the work of a Regional Environmental Press Centre satellite office in your country? Answers: 33 yes 1 no Table 17.2 Potential contribution from respondent journalists by country 6 Albania 5 yes 1 no -information exchange 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 yes -offering information -training of journalists 4 Bulgaria 3 yes -current information; -network; -joint projects 1 Croatia 1 yes -more coverage of the environmental education of the children 11 FYR Macedonia 11 yes -weekly newsletter -work shops, information exchange 1 Moldova 1 yes -writing articles on topics launched by REPC 7 Romania 7 yes -gathering and disseminating of information -coverage of common problems as river pollution / Tisza and Danube/ 3 Yugoslavia 3 yes Information and news exchange 2 Kosovo 2 yes -promotion of environmental problems -personal contribution as a representative of Kosovo in a regional initiative

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