The Roma Integration Program has partnered with the Roma Press Agency (RPA) to transform the TV newsmagazine Romale into So Vakeres? (What are you saying?), a bi-weekly program focusing on Roma current events and culture.

So Vakeres? is a valuable opportunity for Romani journalists to broadcast accurate information about Roma issues to a wide audience. The show is being aired on Slovak TV in both Slovak and Romani dialects, making the show accessible to both communities. It will increase inter-ethnic communication and reduce discriminatory attitudes.

“It’s a unique chance to present the problems of the Roma through their own eyes,” RPA Director Ivan Hriczko said. “The Roma are depicted by the majority media as a curiosity, as people who create problems, people without names and without the capability for changing their lives. It is a demeaning situation which harms the community.”

A team of Romani journalists will produce and edit the show. Partners-Slovakia joined the Roma Press Agency in holding intensive training seminars for the journalists to increase their professional skills and prepare them for careers in the fast-paced broadcast journalism field.

Each episode will broadcast news segments, feature reports on Decade of Roma Inclusion issues (health, housing, education, and employment), interviews with Roma leaders, and cultural reports from Roma communities.

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