Mentor Gjergjaj elected head of the Kosovo Press Council

Mentor Gjergjaj will lead the Kosovo Press Council (KMShK) for a one-year term after being elected chairman, the council announced.

Gjergjaj is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of the online outlet Reporteri.

In addition to his role at the helm of the outlet, from October 2023 to February 2024 he served as project manager for “Fighting disinformation and propaganda through media education.” The project was funded by the United States Embassy in Kosovo through a grant for independent media and was implemented by Reporteri (R Media L.L.C.).

He has also been a member of the Board of the Association of Journalists of Kosovo (AGK). In the past, Gjergjaj worked as a journalist at Gazeta Express, where he mainly covered security and justice issues, as well as conducting investigations into religious extremism in Kosovo.

In 2018, he took part in the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), focusing on “Reporting on Religion,” in the United States.

Also in 2018, Gjergjaj participated in the seminar “Journalism and Review of Judicial Processes,” organized by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor’s Office at the International Nuremberg Principles Academy in Nuremberg, Germany. His term as chairman of the KMShK will last one year.