Informatologia, Vol. 46 No. 1, 2013.
Original scientific paper
THE PROFESSION OF A JOURNALIST IN THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF CROATIA
Alan Labus
; College of Business and Management Baltazar Adam Krcelic, Zapresic, Croatia
Abstract
Based on a part of an archive material and the testimony of the contemporaries, the author examines how, to what extent and through which institutions Ustasha authorities in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) controlled the work of journalists and influenced the content of newspapers from 1941 to 1945. The model of the multilayer censorship of newspapers and professional, financial and social status of journalists in the NDH are specifically analyzed by using documents from official correspondence between the newspaper editorial staff and the authorities. This article focuses on the fate of some of the journalists, their uncertain status and position as journalists and the function that Ustasha policy determined for this profession. It also pays special attention to the importance of forming the State Reporting and Promotion Office, Croatian Journalists' Association and Ustasha Publishing Institute since these institutions significantly predetermined the position and the role of journalists in the Independent State of Croatia.
Keywords
journalist; status; policy; control; the Independent State of Croatia
Hrčak ID:
100104
URI
Publication date:
23.3.2013.
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