Zoran Sekulic, the man who launched Serbia’s first private independent news agency died in Belgrade his family said.
Sekulic was a veteran of Socialist Yugoslavia’s Tanjug news agency before being forced to leave it at the start of the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. He went on to set up FoNet in 1994 as a small news agency producing written and audio reports.
According to Sekulic, some 700 journalists, photographers, videographers and others passed through FoNet. At his initiative, FoNet expanded into still photography and video reporting to become the first regional multi-media news agency.
Sekulic graduated from Belgrade University’s law school in 1981 and immediately went into journalism at Radio Belgrade before moving on the Tanjug where he spent the next 10 years.
He was awarded the French Legion d’honneur as well as awards from the OSCE, Germany and the Knight of the Profession award by the Serbian League of Experts among others.
Source: N1
