The cameramen’s section at AJM has chosen the new coordinators

The section of professional cameramen within the Association of Journalists of Macedonia held a meeting where the new coordinators were elected.

The opening address was given by the director of AJM, Dragan Sekulovski, who welcomed the initiative for the meeting and the engagement so far in the realization of the activities provided by the establishment of the section.

The previous coordinators of the section were Trajce Ilievski, Zoran Dogov, and Robert Kocev. The attendees were addressed by Ilievski and Dogov, who recalled the training and events in the past four years that contributed to cooperation with fellow journalists and improved the relationship with the institutions.

After the end of the official part, they started voting for candidates, which was based on proposals from several colleagues.

The majority decided with a show of hands that the new coordinators of the section will be: Zoran Dogov, Vedut Osmani, Adriana Jovanovska, Risto Mishev.

In 2019, on the initiative of the cameramen, and the Association, it was established for the first time with the purpose of improvement of the working conditions of the cameramen, as well as the improvement of the cooperation of the cameramen with the institutions. Part of the section is cameramen from all television stations from Macedonia as well as from the public service.

During the debate after the election of the new coordinators, the activities of the Professional Cameramen’s Section for the next four years were discussed which will continue to contribute to the benefit of the cameramen’s colleagues and their position in the media space.