North Macedonian journalist who reported on murders in his own city came under police scrutiny

The story of North Macedonian journalist Vlado Taneski shows how contradictory the role of a crime reporter can become. For several years he wrote about serial murders in his own city, and his articles revealed particularly grim details of the cases.

In media where everyone competes for readers' attention, being the first to report an event often matters a great deal. Taneski was among the first to inform the public about these crimes.

At first he appeared to be merely an observer describing what others had done. Police, however, eventually concluded that the killer was closer than anyone might have thought. That turn prompted a fresh look at his work and daily life.

The case is covered in an article by the Latvian outlet TVNET, titled as a story about a murderer in a newspaper newsroom and a journalist's double life. The information in the source is brief, so further circumstances, the number of crimes and the course of the investigation are not described here.