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MEMO 98

We are a specialist media monitoring organization, with extensive experience of delivery media analyses on behalf of international institutions as well as technical assistance to civil society groups. We were launched with support from the US-based National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) in June 1998 to monitor the Slovak media prior to the 1998 parliamentary elections, using a methodology of qualitative and quantitative analysis. We sought to evaluate whether the media provided impartial and balanced coverage of the political contestants and the relevant campaign issues.

Given the success of our project, we transformed the project into an organization - MEMO 98 - which not only became one of the most respected civic organizations in Slovakia but one of the leading international organization in the field of media & elections. Over the course of 18 years, we have conducted numerous projects in Slovakia and other countries aimed at improving media environment, principally, in two main categories: election and non-election media monitoring.

 
 
 

Marek Mračka

Marek Mračka

marekm@memo98.sk

Rasťo Kužel

Rasťo Kužel

kuzel@memo98.sk

Ivan Godársky

Ivan Godársky

ivang@memo98.sk

Senior media analysts

Egor Tilpunov

Egor Tilpunov

Olena Sadovnik

Olena Sadovnik

Laksiej Lavončyk

Laksiej Lavončyk

Iryna Chupryna

Iryna Chupryna

Kira Kalinina

Kira Kalinina

Veronica Laputska

Veronica Laputska

Petra Richterová

Petra Richterová

Social media & Data analysis

Samuel Mračka

Samuel Mračka

Branislav Kohn

Branislav Kohn

We have also conducted projects focusing on enhancing capacity of non-government organizations, regulatory organs and media (Georgia and Moldova) in applying various tools of media monitoring and in disseminating professional assessments of media analysis. Other activities include drafting and commenting media related legislation, analyses of the media, consultancy (e.g. the OSI sponsored EUMAP project mapping the situation with television in 20 EU and non-EU countries in 2005 and 2008; the Council of Europe’s commissioned Handbooks for election reporting and on Usage of international standards in 2015 and 2016) - or contributing to development of self-regulatory mechanisms (by drafting media code of conduct etc.). In addition, our organization promotes journalistic skills and knowledge via media trainings (within a program Advanced European Media Trainings) as well as multimedia minority projects (Colorful but Colorblind and current A Homeland for Roma). For a decade, MEMO 98 has been a partner of the Slovak Journalistic Award organized annually by Open Society Foundation.

 
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