FRENCH AND CROATIAN JOURNALISTS DISCUSS THEIR POSITION AND MEDIA

ZAGREB, March 7 (Hina) - The meeting of French and Croatian journalists held today in Zagreb in the organization of the Croatian Journalist Society discussed the position and difficulties in the work of journalists and media in France and Croatia. President of the Association for the European Cultural Unity, Gilles Martinet, former editor-in-chief of France Presse, and currently director of the periodical "France-Observateur", spoke about the relation between the media and the state in France, especially in the period following 1982 and 1986, when the forming of independent radio and TV stations had been legalized. President of the Croatian Journalist Society Ante Gavranovic spoke about the position of journalists and media in Croatia. He referred to the digressions which occurred in the privatization process, and the legally still unsolved status of Croatian Television. The discussion also touched on issues of censorship and self- censorship, while several Croatian journalists criticized the work of the Croatian Television Council and entire activity in that media institution. 071639 MET mar 94