Conference paper
Role and Importance of Hina in Croatian Media Sphere
Božidar Novak
Abstract
Fifteen years ago, when Hina was establiched, Croatia and Croatian journalism
gained the first national politically independent news agency. Since then Hina has
devolped into technically equipped and professionally capable agency to perform
informative tasks fro the media, state and Croatian citizens.
When Croatia in 1835 got Gaj’s Novine Horvatske and Danica, France already
had its telegraphic agency HAVAS. First Croatian informative agency was formed
in 1906 by a journalistic veteran and HND founder Milan Grlović. The new Serbian,
Croatian and Slovene kingdom in September 1919 founded the telegraphic
agency Avala.
In 1941, at the beginning of its existence, NDH founded its news agency Velebit
and the Croatian informative service – HIS.
During the World War II a Telegraphic agency of new Yugoslavia – TANJUG
was formed in 1943 and the Croatian branch opened in 1944 in Topusko. During
the Croatian spring the effort to form a Croatian independent telegraphic agency
failed.
Nearly twenty years later, on July 26, 1990 the Croatian parliament founded
HINA.
Keywords
historic development; foundation of Hina; politically independent news agency
Hrčak ID:
22974
URI
Publication date:
20.6.2006.
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