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A short biography
Senad Hadžifejzović (was born on May 15, 1962.) is a Bosnian journalist.

His first newspaper article was published in 1974: Borba (Belgrade) published a text by the twelve-year-old Hadžifejzović as the best newspaper text by a young author.

From 1978 until the war he had worked for: Borba (Belgrade), Večernje novosti (Belgrade), Omladinske novine (NON Belgrade), Radio Index 202 (Beograd), Radio Sarajevo 202, Večernje novine (Sarajevo), Naši Dani (Sarajevo), Walter (Sarajevo)... During this period, he had published hundreds of newspaper texts, articles, stories, commentaries… He had also worked as a reporter, host and editor for different stations.

From 1981 until 1984 he studied journalism at the Universities of Belgrade and Sarajevo. He graduated from the University of Sarajevo in 1984 as the youngest graduate from his school.

He signed his first professional contract for Radio Sarajevo in 1985 and became its youngest editor during that same year. Editor of the Joint Programme of BiH radio stations: edited and coordinated programmes by 52 local BiH stations, edited and hosted Susret na talasu, a joint news show.

In 1987, he started and edited Omladinski program (Youth Programme), the largest media project in Yugoslavia. He edited it together with Boro Kontić. Omladinski  program had a daily audience of 800,000 youth across Yugoslavia.

The year after, he specialised in TV and documentary directing at FAMU (Film Academy) in Prague, Czechoslovakia, mentored by professor Hana Jemelikova.

From 1988 until 1992 he edited and hosted Pet do dvanaest (Five to twelve) for TV Sarajevo (together with Aleksandar Pavlović). His guests included the leading names of Yugoslav intellectual elite. This was the last programme by the joint JRT (Yugoslav Radio and TV).

In 1990 he started, edited and hosted HadžiFace to Face, the first TV talk show in Yugoslavia. It was aired live, promoting direct debates with the viewers on current issues. It was a pioneering experience for the author and the public – viewers coming live in the programme with no previous identity check.

In 1990 he was appointed editor and host of Dnevnik, the central news and current affairs programme at TV Sarajevo. He was the youngest Dnevnik editor in Yugoslavia. He was also the head of DESK, reporter, special rapporteur from key political events in the country (meetings of Yugoslav republics’ presidents etc.).

In 1993 he was one of the founders and the first editor-in-chief of Radio Stari Grad Sarajevo.

From 1993 until 1996 he was a correspondent for RFI (Radio France International).

From 1996 until 1998 he edited and hosted a remake talk show Face to Face.

In 1996 he was appointed editor-in-chief of the TVBiH News and Information Programmes.

In 1998 he was appointed editor-in-chief and general manager of TVBiH. In market research conducted by Mareco Index Bosnia, in the period 1998-2000 TVBiH maintained top ratings in the country. During the same period, the (inherited) debts amounting to millions were paid off, various sports and exclusive programmes were bought for the next four years, devastated studios were refurbished, equipment was modernised and own programme production revived.

In 2000, the new interim management of RTV BiH decided, under political instructions, to remove Hadžifejzović from the position of editor-in-chief and general manager of TVBiH, with a paradoxical explanation that it was done “following Hadžifejzović’s own request”. He was removed as editor of the news and current affairs programme with no additional explanation. He was out of work.

In 2002 he published War: Live on Air in Bosnian and English (Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga). The book is a compilation of interviews by the author in live programmes, with key stakeholders during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The book was awarded as 2003 Book of the Year.

In 2003 he was appointed (temporarily) editor of Special Projects for the PBS (Public Broadcasting Service). The appointment was an apology and an attempt by the new RTV BiH management to settle the issue of Hadžifejzović’s removal by the previous management in 2000.

In 2003, following this “satisfaction”, in collaboration with TV Hayat, he continued his news and current affairs project: Centralni dnevnik sa Senadom Hadžifejzovićem. CD was the top-ratings news programme in BiH, the longest-lasting TV news programme by a single author in the region. In 27 years, from 1990 until 2017, nearly 2,600 shows were aired live.

In 2009 he started FACE TV, the first HD TV in the region, initially airing in a time-slot rented from TV1, starting from 2010.

On 15 January 2012, FACE TV launched via its own channel frequency, through the ETELSAT cable operator, with its own IP platform. The FACE concept is free, direct, independent investigative journalisms, live programmes, national and regional production, new TV faces:

FACEs of TV at the new FACE TV.

His entire professional career has been on live TV.

Prizes and Awards
He has received the following prizes and awards:

·        1991 TV Personality of the Year

·        1993 Best Journalist in BiH – BiH Journalists’ Alliance

·        1996 Best TV Programme in BiH – Face to Face

·        1997 Best TV Programme in BiH – Face to Face

·        1999 Best TV of the Year – BiH Journalists’ Alliance

·        2003 Book of the Year – non-fiction: War: Live on Air – BiH Publishers’ Association

·        2004 Sliver Plaque of the Town of Srebrenica

·        2005 Liberation Day Award (6 April), the highest recognition of the City of Sarajevo

·        2005 Humanist of the Year – award by the International League of Humanists, the Linus Pauling Award

·        2010 Manager of the Year - best media manager in the region

·        2014 Best BiH journalist – Association of BiH Journalists

·        2014 Media TV service of Europe – Face TV – BiH European Movement

·        2015 Top Manager of Southeast Europe – Life Achievement Award

·        2016 2 May award of the Sarajevo Canton

·        2017 Courage Award – BiH Academy USA, Washington, D.C.

·        2017 Special Mention – Top Manager of Southeast Europe