BROADCAST JOURNALISTS' GROUP GETS AMERICAN FINANCIAL SUPPORT

( Editorial: --> 8074 ) ZAGREB, 29 Jan (Hina) - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has donated $30,000 to a Croatian broadcast journalists' group in a bid to stimulate dialogue on the development of independent media in Croatia. The financial support from USAID's Office for Transitional Initiatives is designed to increase the activities of the Forum 21 group for the next six months, the US Embassy in Zagreb's information service said in a statement released on Thursday. These activities would include organising forums and round tables, publishing bulletins, producing radio and television programs on Forum 21 projects and creating web pages on the Internet, so that the public can be informed on the status of electronic media and on the influence of independent media in a democratic society, the statement said. (Hina) jn mb 291530 MET jan 98