Regional Media Assistance Program – Support for Independent Media in the Western Balkans
From a journalism center to a modern multimedia newsroom
From 2023 to 2025, ACQJ undertook a significant transformation process to adapt the way journalism is produced to the way the public consumes information today.
With the support of GIZ , the program focused on developing a more sustainable organizational model and gradually transitioning ACQJ's products towards a more advanced multimedia standard.
Not just more videos
The multimedia transformation did not simply mean using new cameras or producing more videos.
The program worked on how ACQJ plans, produces and distributes its content, combining journalism with formats adapted for television, the web and social networks.
An important part of the program was also the development of a business model and sustainability, as well as increasing the team's capacities for the use of new technologies and communication formats.
One story, many formats
Instead of a piece of research ending up as just one article, ACQJ increasingly began to think of each story as a complete editorial package.
Today this approach is reflected in the production of:
- Investigative articles
- documentary
- Investigative videos
- Podcasts
- Video explainers
- Infographic
- Reels and Shorts
- Television and digital products
New production capacities
Over the past few years, ACQJ has developed its internal audiovisual production capabilities, from the research and scripting phase to filming and post-production.
The process today includes the use of professional cameras and aerial footage, editing, sound design, color grading, graphics, subtitling, and the adaptation of products for different platforms.
An investment that continues beyond the project
Sustain Media ended in 2025, but the transformation it began continues.
Today ACQJ increasingly functions as a multimedia editorial office, where text, video, audio, graphics, and social networks are treated as part of the same story.
This allows our research to reach different audiences, in different formats, without losing the editorial standards upon which the Center's work is built.