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Drago Hedl
Drago Hedl (born 1950) is a Croatian investigative jour- Hedl has written seven books and and has been the
nalist. scriptwriter for three films, including Vukovar - poslednji
Drago Hedl was born in Osijek. He graduated in lit- rez (Vukovar – Final Cut), a 2006 documentary film about
erature in Zagreb University, and became a professional the Battle of Vukovar. His most recent book, Glavaš - kro-
journalist in 1980. nika jedne destrukcije (2010), an account of the involve-
Hedl is now investigative journalist for Zagreb-based ment of warlord and politician Branimir Glavaš in war
daily Jutarnji list. He was an Editor-in-Chief of Glas Slavoni- crimes in Osijek, has been very favorably received.[3]
je, an Osijek-based daily, from 1986 to 1991, and a war Hedl has been married for eight years to Ivana, a fel-
correspondent for Slobodna Dalmacija, a Split-based daily, low journalist, and has one son, Matija. He holds a bache-
from 1991 to 1994. Following that, he joined IWPR’s lor’s degree in Yugoslav literature.
London-based War Report and then spent several years
leading training programs for young journalists through-
out the Balkan region. Hedl later wrote for Feral Tribune,
References
and Novi list. Hedl was a long-time collaborator of Radio [1] http://www.seemo.org/awards/busek/
Free Europe. His articles were published by many news- busek2011.html Dr. Erhard Busek - SEEMO 2011
papers and magazines, among them The Guardian, The Award
Times and Die Wochenzeitung (Zurich). [2] "Drago Hedl". International Center for Journalists.
Hedl is best known for his investigative work for Feral http://www.icfj.org/node/38194. Retrieved 12
Tribune and from 2008 for Jutarnji list in uncovering war October 2011.
crimes during the Croatian War of Independence. This [3] Kako mi je Krunoslav Fehir otkrio mučenje civila
earned him a 2006 Knight International Journalism kiselinom u Glavaševoj garaži (Croatian)
Award from the International Center for Journalists, 2008
the CEI-SEEMO Investigative Journalism Award by the
Central European Initative and from the South East
Sources
Europe Media Organisation and a 2011 Dr. Erhard Busek • [1] Drago Hedl (English)
Award for Better Understanding in South East Europe[1] • Drago Hedl (Croatian)
from the South East Europe Media Organisation. • Čemu se smijemo nadati (Croatian)
"Drago Hedl has endured death threats, government • Promocija knjiga o Glavašu i Gotovini (Croatian)
litigation, beatings by local politicians and army soldiers, • Drago Hedl: Strah je najstarija emocija, starija od
among others, and verbal abuse for his reporting of war ljubavi (Croatian)
crimes in Yugoslavia in the 1990s. His struggle against Persondata
ultra-nationalism, wartime propaganda and hate speech, Name Hedl, Drago
and for tolerance and the rule of law, has led to accusa-
Alternative names
tions of treason. His support for complying with demands
to send indicted war criminals to the International Crim- Short description Croatian journalist
inal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague has Date of birth 1950
further provoked his opponents. Nothing, however, has Place of birth Osijek
deterred him from solid and objective coverage of a sen-
sitive topic in his homeland." .[2] Date of death
Place of death
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