Dragan J. Vučićević

Dragan J. Vučićević (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ј. Вучићевић; born 9 October 1973) is a Serbian journalist. He is the editor of Informer newspaper. He is known for his pro-government stance and controversial statements

Dragan J. Vučićević
Драган Ј. Вучићевић
Born (1973-10-09) 9 October 1973
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
NationalitySerbian
OccupationJournalist
Known forBeing the editor of Informer
Children6

Biography

Vučićević was born on 9 October 1973 in Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.[1] He graduated in journalism from the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Belgrade.[2]

In his early career, Vučićević worked for the daily newspapers Politika, Blic, Glas javnosti and Demokratija, the newspaper of the Democratic Party. In the late 1990s, Marko Milošević, the son Slobodan Milošević, threatened to kill him because of a text about the birth of his son.[1]

In the 2000s, he was among the founders of Nacional, Kurir and Press and worked in those newspapers. Nacional was temporarily banned from publishing following the assassination of Zoran Đinđić.[3]

In May 2012, Vučićević founded Informer, which is known for its sensationalist and biased reporting, often favoring the government and smearing the opposition, independent media, NGOs, and other perceived enemies of the regime and the ruling Serbian Progressive Party and President Aleksandar Vučić.[3][4][5]

In 2023, he was convicted of defamation and sentenced to pay a fine of 200,000 dinars or serve a six-month prison term for insulting Jugoslav Ćosić, a former director of N1 channel.[6][7]

He has six children.[1]

References
  1. Katarina Živanović (September 9, 2022). "Dragan J. Vučićević: Omiljeni predsednikov novinar" [Dragan J. Vučićević – president's favourite journalist]. danas.rs. Retrieved May 27, 2023. Rođen je 1973. godine u Češkoj.
  2. Redakcija 24sedam. "Osnovao više najtiražnijih novina, pa osuđen zbog izgovorene reči: Ko je Dragan J. Vučićević?". 24sedam (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  3. "Dragan Vučićević". serbia.mom-gmr.org (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  4. Cvejić, Bojan (2023-05-06). "Tabloidi u odbrani vlasti: Pamfleti i novo targetiranje opozicije". N1 (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  5. euroart (2017-02-06). "Razgovor s vlasnikom Informera, najzloćudnijeg tabloida Balkana: Vučićeviću, jeste li vi budala?". Novi list. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  6. Nova.rs (2023-03-23). "Dragan J. Vučićević ide u zatvor". NOVA portal (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  7. "Vučićević otišao u zatvor na izdržavanje kazne". B92.net (in Serbian). 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
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