Romea.Cz

Romea.cz is a news website founded in 2003 to publish news of interest for the Roma community; the site also has a monthly print magazine. The media outlet was founded by ROMEA, a Czech non-profit organisation established in 2002 whose primary goal is to support the fight against racism, the development of respect for human rights, and the development of democracy and tolerance in society.

The media outlet covers politics, culture, society, lifestyle, and human rights. It also publishes information on events from the Roma world and gives a voice to the community.

The site is not only a space of reference for the Roma community but also a space to enable young generations to know the community from a different perspective than what mainstream media presents, so relations between the majority and the Roma community can improve.

Romea.cz also reports in video format, and the team has developed the first internet Roma television in the country, Roma TV.

"The Roma community is very diverse; it's not a homogeneous group. There are educated, middle-class and uneducated members of the community. We try to deliver the message in various ways. We do articles and videos but work extensively on social media content and even TikTok. We target the young generation too," said editor-in-chief Zdeněk Ryšavý.

"In the past, we did some offline videos and published them, but today we are able to stream live concerts and conferences," Ryšavý added.

The team (František Bikár, Richard Samko, and Tereza Heková) was nominated for the OSF Journalism Award in 2018. In 2022, Romea TV and journalist František Bikár were shortlisted for Milena Jesenská Sonderpreis Award by the German-Czech Future Fund.