Aleksandar Metodijev is a journalist based both in the German city of Bonn and the Macedonian capital of Skopje.
Metodijev studied journalism at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, and took part in trainings in Athens, Luxembourg, Skopje, and Bonn. He is also a certified 3D animator, video producer, and video editor. He worked at three Macedonian TV stations and is a former Deutsche Welle journalist, editor, and radio and TV moderator. Metodijev as a workshop instructor did trainings regarding digital storytelling and about strengthening the resistance of the media against disinformation.
In his career, he covered issues regarding foreign policy, the economy, human rights, and the environment. In 2023, he worked on a project about fake news, artificial intelligence, and the misuse of identities in fake interviews for commercial purposes. In 2024 he won two prizes for a project supported by Journalismfund. "The fragile forests" got the first prize at the competition "Facts and misinformation about the human environment" organized by the Council of Media Ethics in Macedonia, UNESCO and EU and the third prize at the EU Investigative Journalism Awards national competition in Macedonia. Aleksandar Metodijev won the first prize in the competition for the best essay about the EU in 2003, organized by the European Movement and the Delegation of the European Commission in Skopje.
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