Monika Weiss


[SLO]

Monika Weiss je novinarka, ki piše za tednik Mladina, kjer se osredotoča na okoljske politike, energetiko in gospodarska vprašanja. V svojih zadnjih prispevkih se je ukvarjala s temami, kot so onesnaževanje zraka in sežiganje odpadkov v Sloveniji ter stroški in financiranje načrtovane druge enote jedrske elektrarne Krško (JEK 2). Njeno poročanje se je razširilo tudi na militarizacijo slovenske družbe in njene gospodarske temelje: poročala je z največjega slovenskega sejma obrambne industrije SIDEC, kjer je dokumentirala predstavitve orožja, štipendije za vojaški nabor, ponujene dijakom in študentom, ter trženje orožarske industrije med mladimi na tem dogodku.







[ENG]

Monika Weiss is currently a staff writer at the weekly Mladina in Ljubljana, where she reports on environmental policy, energy, and economic issues. Her recent work has addressed topics such as air pollution and waste incineration in Slovenia, the cost and financing of the planned second unit of the Krško nuclear power plant (JEK 2). Her coverage has also extended into the militarization of Slovenian society and its economic underpinnings: she has reported from Slovenia's largest defense-industry trade fair, SIDEC, documenting weapons demonstrations, military recruitment stipends offered to high-school and university students, and the marketing of the arms industry toward young people at the event.