Summary

Mass media today are an unavoidable part of life of contemporary civiliza-tion. Central to the information system of the mass media are journalists as the key “producers ” of information. Their working methods have changed under pressure from state-of-the-art technological advances that have facilitated the functioning of the mass media. In the 1960s, journalists began their careers with a notepad and a pencil, and they are going to retire by using PCs, satellite commu-nication, digital cameras, and electronic data bases. With time, journalists have become educated experts who continually broaden their knowledge and profes-sional training. That is why permanent in-service training is a must for their fu-ture, since educated journalists are the most effective barrier to manipulations. A Croatian survey has shown that Croatian journalists are very interested in perma-nent education. 1