Skopje, 14 July 2025 (MIA) -- MIA's journalist Slobodan Ivanov is one of the seven winners of the 2025 Messenger of the Marginalized (Гласник на невидливите) journalism award for excellence in reporting on social issues including poverty and disability.

Ivanov has been awarded for his feature article on the challenges people with disabilities face in accessing essential services, education and employment to participate fully in society.

The other six winners are Ana Arsenovska Zafirova, Goshe Nikolov, Emilija Bunteska Nacoska, Kristijan Landov, Ljubica Ivanova and Natasha Dokovska. Their awarded stories cover topics ranging from parenting autistic children through helping people living in hunger to fighting for menstrual justice.

The Messenger of the Marginalized award was established by the Macedonian Anti-Poverty Platform in 2018.

The award honors journalists whose sensitive reporting gives a voice to the marginalized, increasing awareness and understanding of people living with limited access to opportunities. mr/