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“Media Azi” Broadcast, 44th Edition: What is more dangerous – to manufacture anabolic steroids or to run an investigation on them?

06 June 2017
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Journalist Mariana Rata, who nominated this year for the European Press Prize with the article “Anabolics Mafia. The Clandestine Road of Steroids from Moldova to Foreign Athletes”, is a guest to this week’s Media Azi show.

In her dialogue with Nicolae Negru, the host of the show, Mariana tells about the way she investigated the anabolic steroid story, what motivated her to write about it, how she researched the matter, what sources she got in touch with and how it happened that her piece got a spot among the first three investigations running for the European Press Prize.

In the show, you can get answers to such questions as: Why is it dangerous to manufacture and to export anabolic steroids? Are the authorities aware of the illegal trade with such drugs? What is the extent of this business in Moldova?

As for the authorities’ position, see their reaction to the investigation penned by Mariana Rata and the impact her material had in Moldova and abroad.

Also, you can find out how the investigator comments the Prime Minister Pavel Filip saying at the Government meeting that he is aware of the anabolic steroids phenomenon.

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“Media Azi” broadcast is weekly produced by the Independent Journalism Center. It is intended to disclose the problems faced at present by the journalists of the domestic media and to identify solutions to hem. The broadcast may be viewed on the websites www.moldova-azi.md,  Media Azi and Mediacritica, as well as on the Youtube channel of the Independent Journalism Center. 

The broadcast was produced with the financial support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, provided by the means of the Embassy of Sweden in Chisinau.