Esad Hećimović: Difference between revisions

'''Esad Hećimović''' (14 July 1963 – 30 April 2017 ) was a Bosnian investigative journalist and political analyst. At the time of his death, he was working as the Editor-in-chief at [[Televizija OBN|OBN TV]] Station in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and he was also one of the Founders and [[Board members|Board Members]] at the [[European Centre for Press and Media Freedom]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ecpmf.eu/ecpmf/people-and-partners/board-members/esad-heimovi|title=Esad Hećimović|last=Freedom|first=European Centre for Press and Media|work=European Centre for Press and Media Freedom|access-date=2017-05-05}}</ref> Hećimović has worked with a number of Western journalists and media outlets, including some [[Pulitzer Prize]] winners on crossborder investigations through the past 20 years. He was awarded for his contribution to investigative journalism by [[South East Europe Media Organisation|SEEMO]] and [[Central European Initiative]] in 2009<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cei.int/content/winners-cei-seemo-award-outstanding-merits-investigative-journalism|title=Winners of the CEI SEEMO Award For Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism|publisher=CEI|language=en|access-date=2017-05-05}}</ref> and was also awarded as The Journalist of the Year<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nezavisne.com/novosti/intervju/Esad-Hecimovic-novinar-godine-u-izboru-Nezavisnih-Iza-medijskog-rata-se-skriva-politicki-sukob/118729|title=Esad Hećimović, novinar godine u izboru Nezavisnih: Iza medijskog rata se skriva politički sukob|last=Rener-Smajović|first=Maja|work=Nezavisne novine|access-date=2017-05-05|language=sr-Latn}}</ref> in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the year 2011. His book, [https://books.google.ba/books?id=27JPAQAAIAAJ&q=Garibi+-+Mujahideens+in+Bosnia+1992-1999&dq=Garibi+-+Mujahideens+in+Bosnia+1992-1999&hl=hr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi3_f-F7u3UAhUjYZoKHSl7ABgQ6AEIHzAA "Garibi - Mujahideens in Bosnia 1992-1999"],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MQ8QAQAAIAAJ|title=Garibi: mudžahedini u BiH 1992-1999|last=Hećimović|first=Esad|date=2006-01-01|publisher=Fondacija Sina|language=sr}}</ref> was a bestseller.

Besides this formal education, he attended the Economic Reporting Workshop in New York and Washington, D.C. in July–August 1999; a study trip abroad in Germany, Hungary and Turkey, including Ankara, Istanbul, Sanliurfa, Antalya; a lecture and public debate about reporting on war crimes "L'eccidio dei tre volontari italiani e i crimini di guerra in Bosnia. Tra memoria, ricerca della verità e giustizia" in Brescia, Italy; a State Department-sponsored conference on Bosnia in Washington, DC in 2003; attended conference on “Islamism and European security”<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bundesheer.at/wissen-forschung/publikationen/person.php?id=950|title=Bundesheer - Wissenschaftliche Publikationen - Esad Hećimović|last=3|first=BMLVS - Abteilung Kommunikation - Referat|website=www.bundesheer.at|language=de|access-date=2017-09-20}}</ref> June 15–16, University of Aarhus, Denmark sponsored by the Danish Social Science Research Council and hosted by the Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus in 2006; a study trip program through the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office to study British Muslims<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fes-prishtina.org/wb/media/2015/Internacional%20Conference%20final%20Publication%20print_Krenar%20Shala.pdf|title=International Conference Publication Print|last=Hećimović|first=Esad|website=Fes-Pristina|page=50}}</ref> in London and Manchester also in 2006; attended conference on “Religious Extremism vs. International Peace Efforts: Lessons learned and preventive strategies in the Middle East and West Balkans”<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bundesheer.at/pdf_pool/publikationen/pfpc_rssee_reichenau_2011.pdf|title=RSSEE May 2011 Publication|last=Hećimović|first=Esad|website=Bundesheer|pages=97–112}}</ref> National Defense Academy, Institute for Peace and Conflict Management, Vienna, Austria in 2007; was a featured speaker on transnational investigative journalism, SKUP<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dataharvest2014.sched.com/directory/speakers/descriptions/1|title=Dataharvest 2014 Schedule|website=dataharvest2014.sched.com|access-date=2017-09-20}}</ref> investigative journalism conference, Oslo, Norway in 2009; attended Warsaw Central Europe Initiative (CEI) Journalist's Forum in cooperation with SEEMO:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.univie.ac.at/seemo/deScripto%20Grcka%20low.pdf|title=De Scripto|last=Hećimović|first=Esad|website=Univie|page=31}}</ref> Special mention in recognition of "valuable contribution to investigative journalism" in 2009; attended the conference “Building historical narratives”,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/building-historical-narratives-the-bamiyan-project-to-convene-groundbreaking-conference-focusing-on-areas-emerging-from-conflict-118658844.html|title=Building Historical Narratives: The Bamiyan Project to Convene Groundbreaking Conference Focusing on Areas Emerging From Conflict|last=Project|first=The Bamiyan|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-20}}</ref> The Bamiyan Project, Washington, Colonial Williamsburg in March 2011. He also attended the 22nd Workshop of the PfP Consortium Study Group “Regional Stability in South East Europe” “From Bosnia and Herzegovina to Northern Kosovo – Coping with the Remaining Impasses in the Western Balkans”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ethz.ch/content/specialinterest/gess/cis/center-for-securities-studies/en/services/digital-library/publications/publication.html/137018|title=Publication|website=www.ethz.ch|language=en|access-date=2017-09-20}}</ref> Chateau Rothschild, Reichenau / Rax in May 2011 and was a speaker at the [[NATO]] PA Rose-Roth Seminar<ref>{{Cite journal|title=NATO Parliamentary Assembly 88TH ROSE-ROTH SEMINAR REPORT|journal=88Th Rose-Roth Seminar Report|page=5|via=NATO Parliamentary Assembly}}</ref> in 2015.

1998 - 2010: [[Investigative journalism|Investigative journalist]] for [[BH Dani]] magazine<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhdani.ba/portal/arhiva-67-281/274/t27414.shtml|title=Tajna FOSS-ovog izvještaja|last=Selimbegović|first=Esad |last2=Hećimović, |first2=Vildana|website=www.bhdani.ba|access-date=2017-09-19}}</ref>

2015: Founding Member at [[European Centre for Press and Media Freedom|European Center for Press and Media Freedom]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ecpmf.eu/members|title=Members|last=Freedom|first=European Centre for Press and Media|work=European Centre for Press and Media Freedom|access-date=2017-09-20}}</ref>

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