Amir Zukić

Amir Zukić (born 12 October 1972) is a Bosnian television host and media manager. He is program and news director of N1 (TV channel) (CNN exclusive news channel affiliate for Adria region) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, based in Sarajevo. He anchors hard-talk show Pressing. He formerly hosted popular TV political shows Public Secret (BHT1) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty TV. He previously served as a news director of Public Broadcasting Service of BiH (BHT1), programme director of TVSA and editor-in-chief of Anadolu Agency (Balkans service).

Biography Amir Zukić started down the path of professional reporting in wartime Sarajevo when he began working for BH Radio. At the end of 1995, he transferred to BiH Television where he spent three years as a reporter and host. After working in television, he spent six years with Radio Free Europe (RFE) as a reporter, editor and news programme host, and in parallel with working on the radio, he was the editor and hosted the “TV Liberty” programme. He worked as an RFE correspondent from Sarajevo and at the headquarters in Prague. At that time, he also published articles in the BH Dani weekly and well-known international magazines.

He then took up the position of editor-in-chief for the BiH Public Broadcasting Service (BHT1) news programme. For three years running (from 2015 to 2017), he has received special recognition as the best media manager in BiH from the European Management Association.