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Danica Radisic

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Danica Radisic, better known to the online world as NikiBGD, is an online communications consultant, blogger, poet, native speaker of Serbian, English and Portuguese, old-school information junkie, all around Web addict and single mother of a (possibly evil) genius. Also part-time adult and Managing Partner at http://krazyfish.org/.

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7 February 2012

Balkans: Online Platform Tracks Reports From Areas Hit by Record Snowfall

Written by Danica Radisic · Eastern & Central Europe

Since last week, the Balkans have been hit by massive snow storms, the likes of which have not been seen in over a decade, if not longer. Danica Radisic reports on relevant initiatives launched by the region's online community, including the new Ushahidi platform for tracking verified information on road blocks, power outages and other critical points and information in the entire region.

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23 July 2011

Serbia: Government Officials and Social Networks (Interview)

Written by Danica Radisic · Eastern & Central Europe

Some Serbian government officials are eagerly embracing Twitter as a way to engage with their audiences, while others have found the challenge of fake satirical accounts difficult to accept. Find out more in this interview with former Minister, Jasna Matic.

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18 July 2011

Serbia: Disgruntled Community Vs. Disgruntled Politician on Twitter

Written by Danica Radisic · Eastern & Central Europe

Serbia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vuk Jeremić, has instigated a social media situation that may seriously damage relations that local citizen media and some politicians have been building. The reaction from netizens has been one of outrage.

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3 July 2011

Serbia: Serbs Seek Refuge from Politics and Tabloid News in Citizen Journalism

Written by Danica Radisic · Eastern & Central Europe

More often than ever, blog posts on the state of the media and journalism seem to be popping up in the Serbian blogosphere. Danica Radisic highlights a few of them.

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19 October 2010

Serbia: Two Internet Entrepreneurs Detained for Months Without Trial

Written by Danica Radisic · Eastern & Central Europe

Danica Radisic writes about the plight of Internet entrepreneurs Djordje Djokic and Dusan Jaglicic, who have been in jail for the past eight months, with no possibility of bail, no trial and no legal conviction, and about the implications of their case for the Serbian online community.

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22 September 2010

Serbia: Minister Takes e-Government from Virtual to Real

Written by Danica Radisic · Eastern & Central Europe

The Serbian online community has been a-flutter this evening after what seems to have been a small, laid-back, yet groundbreaking event earlier today in Belgrade: a meeting with Jasna Matic, the Serbian Minister of Telecommunications and Information Society, organized mostly through Twitter and Facebook.

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