CIMA profiles Sasa Vucinic

by Peter Whitehead / 15th March, 2010

The Center for International Media Assistance has launched a series of reports profiling people who are making a difference in the field of international media development. Its inaugural issue of Media Visionaries: Conversations With Key Players features MDLF co-founder and managing director Sasa Vucinic.

Under the title Reinventing the Media Investor, the article talks to clients about their experiences of working with MDLF, and Sasa discusses his thoughts on a range of media assistance issues, from helping media to become recognised as a social investment to MDLF's plans for the future.

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