Saso Ordanoski
Saso Ordanoski enjoys the reputation of being one of the
most respected political commentators and media experts belonging to the
generation of writers and journalists to attain prominence during the
Former Yugoslavia's disintegration.
Presently founder and editor-in-chief of the influential
bi-weekly magazine Forum, Saso Ordanoski has through his defiantly independent
writing carved a unique position for himself in the complex political
culture of Macedonia.
He first gained public attention through his work in the
late eighties and early nineties as a deputy editor-in-chief of Mlad Borec
and later as the co-founder and assistant editor-in-chief of the weekly
Puls.
In 1992, Saso Ordanoski established and ran the newly emerged
Republic's first independent private wire agency, the Macedonian Information
Centre. In recognition of his stature, he was appointed editor-in-chief
and chief executive of MKTV, Macedonian Television, where he cut a controversial
profile for his attempts to introduce western-style reforms to the outdated
state-dominated media sector.
After a brief spell in the external relations department
of the World Bank's mission in Skopje, Ordanoski returned to the media
fold with the ambitious launching of Forum magazine.
A regular guest on CNN, he has also contributed to The New
York Times, the European, Kathimerini, BBC and RFI to name but a few international
media organizations. Mr. Ordanoski can probably claim without fear of
contradiction to be one of the most quoted men abroad from his country.
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