Maria Popović is a journalist, editor and civil society professional with more than 20 years of experience in journalism and media. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the independent local news portal Pravo u centar and a co-founder of the civil society organization Centre for Growth and Development. Her work focuses on public-interest journalism, local accountability, human rights, media freedom, transparency and community issues. She has extensive experience in reporting, editorial coordination, investigative and field-based journalism, as well as cooperation with civil society organizations and media networks. Through her work, she is particularly interested in how media narratives shape public understanding of sensitive social and political issues and how local and underrepresented voices can be included in public discourse.
The project documents youth-led reconciliation practices between Kosovo and Serbia, examining how these efforts are framed or omitted in mainstream media narratives on both sides. The research will focus particularly on civil society, independent and local media, local and minority communities, memory culture, and perspectives that are often underrepresented in dominant political and media discourse. The project is developed in collaboration with Vjosa Cerkini.
Key words: media, journalism, inter-ethnic relations