INFRASTRUKTURA MEĐUNARODNIH MEDIJA U OPKOLJENOM SARAJEVU
THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA INFRASTRUCTURE IN BESIEGED SARAJEVO
Author(s): Kenneth MorrisonSubject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Media studies, Political history, Social history, Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: Historijski muzej Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: Sarajevo; siege; journalists; stringers; translators; cameramen; armoured cars; Sarajevo Agency Pool; PTT Building; Sarajevo airport; Holiday Inn hotel; United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR);
Summary/Abstract: For the duration of the siege of Sarajevo (April 1992-February 1996), the international media had a significant presence in the city, and within siege lines. Doing so required a significant logistical endeavor. Initially, foreign correspondents were based in various small hotels around the city, until the re-opening of the Holiday Inn in June 1992. Thereafter, the international media used (primarily though not exclusively) this hotel as their base, while developing a media infrastructure that included the PTT Building, Sarajevo’s TV station and the city’s airport. This article analyses the development of that media infrastructure and sheds light on how foreign journalists were able to function effectively within besieged Sarajevo, using the latest satellite communications equipment to send their dispatches, to transmit television reports and to convey the plight of citizens to international audiences.
Journal: Zbornik radova Historijskog muzeja Bosne i Hercegovine
- Issue Year: 2025
- Issue No: 14-15
- Page Range: 174-187
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Bosnian
