The Department of Journalism at the Faculty of Social Sciences of University of Ljubljana is organizing a public debate on the proposal of the Slovene Mass Media Act, specifically about issues related to regulation of media concentration, the role of the Agency for Communication Networks and Services of the Republic of Slovenia (AKOS), state aid schemes for media and other open matters.

The public debate will take place on Tuesday, October 15th 2024, at 14:00 in lecture hall number 3 of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana (Kardeljeva ploščad 5, 1000 Ljubljana).

Participants in the public debate:

– Gašper Andrinek, president of the Slovene Association of Journalists

– M.Sc. Lenart J. Kučić, media adviser to the Minister of Culture

– Nataša Luša, director of Delo d.o.o.

– prof. dr. Marko Milosavljević, Department of Journalism at the Faculty of Social Sciences

– Sara Žibrat, president of the Committee on Culture in the National Assembly and Member of Parliament for Svoboda

Confirmed invited participants of the public debate who will participate with their comments:

– Tomaž Gorjanc, Head of the Electronic Media Department at the Agency for Communication Networks and Services (AKOS)

– Cene Grčar, attorney at PRO PLUS d.o.o.

– dr. Blaž Mazi, Director-General of the Media Directorate at the Ministry of Culture

– M.Sc. Mark Pohar, Deputy Director of the Agency for Communication Networks and Services (AKOS)

– Jasna Zakonjšek, Law office Zakonjšek d.o.o.

The public discussion will be moderated by Uroš Škerl Kramberger, journalist and editor at the center for investigative journalism Oštro.

The event is organised under the auspices of DIACOMET and will be held in Slovenian language.