Milan Slana
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| Born in Murska Sobota, he has a local-patriot bias towards Štajerska, although lately he’s been seen around Primorska a lot as well. After high school in Murska Sobota he began his studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences in Ljubljana, where he graduated as a journalist. He is currently continuing his studies at the Faculty of the Humanities, ISH, in Everyday Anthropology and Media studies. |
He got his first media experience in a high school solo project, the local newspaper Pomurski Vestnik. He got his first serious look into general Slovenian affairs working in the sports section of the Slovenian Press Agency. His move to Dnevnik was followed by two years of hard keyboard-pounding journalism, followed by a quick succession of projects that saw him move from sports journalist at Dnevnik to editor of the current Dnevnik web portal.
Worthy of note among the web projects he participated in are the setup of Ona-on.net, the website of Antena.si and the redesign of Dnevnik.si. At Dnevnik.si they have recently also started up Blog.Dnevnik.si, which is growing along with a number of other projects.
Citizen journalism as “the bulwark of the homeland”: usability in a concrete example
In line with the current political situation in the country an interesting phenomenon has started developing at Dnevnik.si. From a user’s political perspective Dnevnik has become the last independent media bulwark of the leftist-liberal option, which is also visible in the use of the site’s web 2.0 options. Readers (70% of the readers of Dnevnik.si do not read the print edition) have formed an informal community, as evidenced by comment and response analysis, where they express their positions, while at the same time a pointed political debate has developed with those who hold different political views. How then to guarantee the independence and neutrality of a media in light of such a perception by the users?
