Oslobođenje

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The Oslobođenje (Template:Lang-sh-Cyrl; Template:IPA; 'Liberation') is the Bosnian national daily newspaper, published in Sarajevo. It is the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in the Bosnia and Herzegovina.<ref name="radiosarajevo.ba">Template:Cite web</ref> Founded on 30 August 1943, in the midst of World War II, on a patch of territory liberated by Partisans, in what was otherwise a German-occupied country, the paper gained recognition over the years for its high journalistic standards and is recipient of numerous domestic honors and international awards in a branch.<ref name="Kadribasic">Template:Cite book</ref>

History

Lazar Jović's house in Donja Trnova near Ugljevik where the Oslobođenje was founded on August 30, 1943.
Front page of the Oslobođenje on May 9, 1945
The Oslobođenje building was targeted from the beginning of the war by Serb troops led by Ratko Mladić

The Oslobođenje was founded on 30 August 1943 in Donja Trnova near Ugljevik, as an anti-Nazi newspaper. The first issue was printed on August 30, 1943 in Donja Trnova near Ugljevik as a newsletter of the National Liberation Front for Bosnia and Herzegovina.<ref name="#1">Template:Cite web</ref> The first editor was Rodoljub Čolaković.

Apart from Rodoljub Čolaković, the main articles for the first issue were written by Avdo Humo and Hasan Brkić, also editors. The two were assisted by professional journalists Vilko Winterhalter and Milan Gavrić, and writers Skender Kulenović and Branko Ćopić.<ref name="fokus.ba">Template:Cite web</ref> Meša Selimović was one of the founders of the Oslobođenje. In the first issue of the Oslobođenje, Selimović wrote an article about the Orthodox Church in the Soviet Union, according to information he heard on radio stations Moscow and Free Yugoslavia.<ref name="oslobodjenje.ba">Template:Cite web</ref>

The first courier was Raif Dizdarević. He delivered the first issues of the Oslobođenja to Jajce, where the AVNOJ was already being prepared.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The second (September) issue was also printed in Donja Trnova, without markings of the place of publication and printing due to the danger of an enemy attack. During the World War II, the newspaper was also printed in Tuzla (the third, October issue), the village of Busije near Ribnik (the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh issues), in Međeđe Brdo near Sanica (from the eighth to the 12th issue) and in Jajce (from 13 to 29 issues). On April 12, 1945, the 30th issue of Oslobođenje was published, the last in the World War II, which was printed in Sarajevo, which has been the headquarters of this newspaper since then.<ref name="#1"/>

In mid 1970s, while SR Bosnia and Herzegovina was a part of SFR Yugoslavia, the newspaper run a subsidiary office in Frankfurt in West Germany which published the edition targeted at numerous Yugoslav workers ('gastarbeiter') and other citizens living in the country.<ref name="Zimmerman">Template:Cite book</ref>

On August 30, 1973, Josip Broz Tito sent congratulations to newspaper on the occasion of its 30th anniversary. It was then established Day of the Oslobođenje—August 30.<ref name="#1"/>

The most prosperous time of the newspaper was 1984. The Oslobođenje was included bid for the 1984 Winter Olympics, its preparations and implementation. All the capacities of the company, which had around 2,500 employees in 1984, were put to use for this historic, not only sporting, event. In the days of 14 Winter Olympics, the Oslobođenje achieved the largest circulation, and the entire system a great business success. In 1984, the Oslobođenje with 21 editions achieved 126 million printed copies of newspapers, magazines, publications and books. It was the year of the highest production for the Oslobođenja printing house since the installation of a new rotation in 1980 in Sarajevo neighborhood of Nedžarići.<ref name="#1"/>

During the Bosnian war and the Siege of Sarajevo, the Oslobođenje staff operated out of a makeshift newsroom in a bomb shelter after its 10-story office building had been destroyed. The war left five staff members dead and 25 wounded.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Kjašif Smajlović, the Oslobođenje correspondent from Zvornik, was the first journalist victim of the Bosnian war.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On May 29, 1992, the Oslobođenja building was set on fire. The first, but not the last time. For months, the Army of Republika Srpska did not give up its intentions of disabling and obstructing the work of the newspaper. No one expected the release of a new issue the next morning. However, at 6 o'clock in the morning, a news story was published on the front page with a photo of the fire and the message: Oslobođenje ide dalje (The Oslobođenje goes further). Three months later, the Oslobođenje building was set on fire for the second time. After this attack, the skyscraper's eastern and western portions collapsed due to the fires weakening its support columns.<ref name="#1"/>

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The Oslobođenje headquarters in Sarajevo

On April 9, 1993, among many people from around the world, US Senator Joe Biden visited the Oslobođenje. At that time, his host was the newspaper's editor-in-chief, Kemal Kurspahić.

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In 1993, it was awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. The editors of Oslobođenje, Kemal Kurspahić and Gordana Knežević, were named International Editors of the Year for 1993 by the World Press Review in New York, for their "bravery, tenacity, and dedication to the principles of journalism." Duo also received the Courage in Journalism Award in 1992 from the International Women's Media Foundation in Washington, D.C.. Kurspahić was also recipient of the Nieman Fellowship for Journalism at Harvard University in 1994, among other honors.<ref name="iwmf.org-kurspahic-knezevic-1992-courage-in-journalism">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="cornell.edu-kemal-kurspahic">Template:Cite web</ref> Immediately after the war ended in 1995, editor-in-chief Mehmed Halilović accepted the University of Missouri [Mizzou] Honor Medal from the School of Journalism in Columbia, Missouri for continuous publication of the daily newspaper throughout the 1992–95 siege of Sarajevo. Editor Zlatko Dizdarević won several international awards, including: ‘Reporters sans frontieres-Fondation de France’ in Paris, the ‘Bruno Kreisky’ prize for human rights in Vienna, and the 'Paolo Borssalino’ prize for journalistic courage in Rome.<ref name="https://eu.boell.org/en/person/zlatko-dizdarevic">Template:Cite web</ref> During the war, its staff, consisting of Bosniaks, Bosnian Serbs, and Bosnian Croats, managed to print the paper every day, with one exception.

In 2006, the company was bought by way of the Sarajevo Stock Exchange by the Sarajevska pivara.<ref name="klix">Template:Cite web</ref> In addition to the Oslobođenje daily, this publishing house today has digital platforms—the Oslobođenje, Dani and Sport1 portals. As part of this corporation, there is also Dječja štampa (Male novine, Vesela sveska, Vesela sveska sveznalica),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> as well as television channels O Kanal, O Kanal Plus and O Kanal Music.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Notable persons

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Correspondents

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List of awards won by Oslobođenje

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  • Order of the brotherhood and unity with golden wreath (SFR Yugoslavia, 1963)
  • Order of Labour with the red flag (SFR Yugoslavia, 1983)
  • Golden Mercury Award 1977 (International Committee for Development and International Cooperation, Rome)
  • ZAVNOBiH Award (1978)
  • Sixth of April Sarajevo Award (1984)<ref name="aa.com.tr">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • The Paper of the Year in 1989 (Slobodna Dalmacija declared Oslobođenje the best newspaper in SFR Yugoslavia)
  • The Paper of the Year Award in 1992 (BBC and Granada TV – United Kingdom)
  • Andrei Sakharov Award for Human Rights 1993 (European Parliament – Strasbourg, France)<ref>[1] Template:Webarchive</ref>
  • Freedom Award in 1993 (Dagens nyheter, Stockholm; and Politiken Copenhagen)
  • Oscar Romero Award 1993 (The Rothko Chapel – Houston, Texas)
  • Nieman Foundation's Louis M. Lyons Award for conscience and integrity in journalism in 1993 (Harvard University – USA)
  • Achievements in Journalism Award in 1993 (Inter Press Service, Rome – previously the International Journalism Award)<ref name="ips.org-international-achievement-award">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • University of Missouri Honor Medal in 1995 by the School of Journalism for continuous publication of the daily newspaper throughout the 1992–1995 siege of Sarajevo.
  • Golden plaque of the MESS in 2015 for continuous devotion to culture in Bosnia and Herzegovina<ref name="aa.com.tr"/>
  • Johns Hopkins University Award for Contribution to Investigative Journalism in 2015<ref name="aa.com.tr"/>
  • The Paper of the Year in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016)<ref name="aa.com.tr"/>
  • Special recognition of the Italian 22nd Giavera Festival for perseverance in the fight for human rights (2017)<ref name="aa.com.tr"/>
  • Gold plaque of the Association Education builds Bosnia and Herzegovina (2019)<ref name="aa.com.tr"/>

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The Oslobođenje Journalist Awards

Template:Refbegin The Kemal Kurspahić International Journalist Award is recognition to journalists who published the story in Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin or Serbian. It is awarded every two years. The Hamza Bakšić Award is one and awarted only to journalists from the Oslobođenje Service Media Group. It is awarded annually. They were awarded for the first time in 2023 on the 80th anniversary of the Oslobođenje.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Kemal Kurspahić International Journalist Award

2023

Jury members

Year(s) Member #1 Member #2 Member#3 Member#4 Member#5 Member#6 Member#7
2023<ref name="ReferenceA">Template:Cite web</ref> Mujo Selimović Vildana Selimbegović Hajrudin Somun Pavle Mijović Saša Rukavina Neven Anđelić Ajla Terzić

Hamza Bakšić Journalist Award

2023

  • Matea Jerković (for a series of articles about the rights of the LGBTIQ+ community) and Amir Papić (Bio jednom jedan ćiro)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2024

  • Dženisa Zukančić (for researching the real estate market on all our platforms announced the problems of young people and some of the reasons why they leave Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Adnan Bajrović (Kandidat za rektora pao na prvom ispitu)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Jury members

Year(s) Member #1 Member #2 Member#3 Member#4 Member#5 Member#6 Member#7
2023<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Mujo Selimović Vildana Selimbegović Hajrudin Somun Pavle Mijović Saša Rukavina Neven Anđelić Ajla Terzić

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References

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