Marija Šajkaš (pronounced Maria Shay-kash) is a U.S.-based writer, media expert, and founder of 4 Better Media. Some of her recent projects and collaborations include work for the American Bar Association (ABA), Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Freedom of the Press, Freedom House, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs in New York City. Before that, Mrs. Šajkaš was the Head of Development and Operations for Media Diversity Institute –USA, a Press Officer for The International Committee of the Red Cross, and a Deputy-Editor-in-Chief of The Bridges Magazine.

She holds an M.S. in International Affairs, with a concentration in Culture and Media Studies, from The New School University in New York and a BS in Serbian Language and Literature from the University of Belgrade. Marija Šajkaš is the author of the novel Esther Jovanovich’s Scrapbook (Klett, 2013) and co-author and a consultant on the documentaries “Common Ground: Survivors- A Conversation Between Communities” (2019) and  “Missing- the Right to Know” (2003) She is a regular contributor to Cenzolovka, the only Balkan media dedicated to freedom of the media.