Editing Bosnia and Herzegovina (section)

===Media===
{{Main|Mass media in Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
[[File:Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) building, Sarajevo.jpg|thumb|[[Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina|BHRT]] headquarters in Sarajevo]]

Some television, magazines, and newspapers in Bosnia and Herzegovina are state-owned, and some are for-profit corporations funded by [[advertising]], [[Subscription business model|subscription]], and other sales-related revenues. The [[Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] guarantees [[freedom of speech]].

As a [[Transition economy|country in transition]] with a post-war legacy and a [[politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina|complex domestic political structure]], Bosnia and Herzegovina's media system is under transformation. In the early post-war period (1995–2005), media development was guided mainly by international donors and cooperation agencies, who invested to help reconstruct, diversify, democratize and professionalize media outlets.<ref>Hozić, 2008; Thompson & De Luce, 2002; Kurspahić, 2003; Jusić, 2006</ref><ref name="EJC">Tarik Jusić, "[http://ejc.net/media_landscapes/bosnia-and-herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053605/http://ejc.net/media_landscapes/bosnia-and-herzegovina |date=4 March 2016 }}", EJC Media Landscapes</ref>

Post-war developments included the establishment of an independent Communication Regulatory Agency, the adoption of a Press Code, the establishment of the Press Council, the decriminalization of libel and defamation, the introduction of a rather advanced Freedom of Access to Information Law, and the creation of a Public Service Broadcasting System from the formerly state-owned broadcaster.
Yet, internationally backed positive developments have been often obstructed by domestic elites, and the professionalisation of media and journalists has proceeded only slowly. High levels of partisanship and linkages between the media and the political systems hinder the adherence to professional code of conducts.<ref name=EJC/>