{"id":"SIG-SRB-067","country":"Serbia","excerpt":"Brent Sadler dismisses Igor Božić as N1 News Director — \"employed but unassigned\", advised to work from home. Media associations: \"final phase of establishing control over one of the last remaining pillars of independent information in Serbia.\" 13 CSOs including CRTA, GI, BCSP sign joint statement.","date_text":"07/04/2026","actor_text":"Brent Sadler","source_url":"https://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2026/04/07/serbia-n1-news-director-igor-bozic-dismissal-rekindles-concerns-over-future-of-the-independent-newsrooms-under-the-adria-news-network/","campaign_id":"SRB-CAMP-013","incident_id":"SRB-067","observation":{"target":"Igor Božić; N1 editorial independence","case_id":"SRB-067","country":"Serbia","signal_id":"SIG-SRB-067","harm_track":"Both","source_url":"https://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2026/04/07/serbia-n1-news-director-igor-bozic-dismissal-rekindles-concerns-over-future-of-the-independent-newsrooms-under-the-adria-news-network/","campaign_id":"SRB-CAMP-013","source_type":"Legacy Press","tactic_code":"Editorial personnel removal; Chilling effect on newsroom","target_type":"Individual Organization","trigger_type":"TR-02: Civic Mobilization","actor_primary":"Brent Sadler","campaign_phase":"Phase 4: Institutional Operationalization","event_date_raw":"07/04/2026","channel_primary":"Official/Regulatory","date_confidence":"exact","confidence_notes":"LIVE CASE — April 7 2026. Exact date. Multiple primary sources. CSO coalition response documented — 13 organizations. Ongoing: final status of Božić pending ANN board decision.","escalation_stage":"4","actor_type_primary":"Government Official","source_text_excerpt":"Brent Sadler dismisses Igor Božić as N1 News Director — \"employed but unassigned\", advised to work from home. Media associations: \"final phase of establishing control over one of the last remaining pillars of independent information in Serbia.\" 13 CSOs including CRTA, GI, BCSP sign joint statement.","consequence_category":"Social Trust Erosion; Legal/Administrative","secondary_source_url":"","event_date_normalized":"2026-04-07","primary_narrative_code":"NF-09","primary_narrative_label":"Political Interference","secondary_narrative_code":"NF-06","institutional_consequence":"N1 News Director removed; editorial independence structurally compromised","secondary_narrative_label":"Destabilization Agent"},"response_id":null,"source_type":"Legacy Press","target_text":"Igor Božić; N1 editorial independence","date_confidence":"exact","normalized_date":"2026-04-07","confidence_notes":"LIVE CASE — April 7 2026. Exact date. Multiple primary sources. CSO coalition response documented — 13 organizations. Ongoing: final status of Božić pending ANN board decision.","secondary_source_url":""}