Fizički napadi na novinarke, kao što je napad na novinarku Večernjih novosti Jelenu Stojković, koju je prilikom obavljanja novinarskog zadatka napao guranjem i uvrtanjem ruku, nanoseći joj povrede, direktor Javnog komunalnog preduzeća Komrad iz Vranja, Zoran Dimitrijević, sve su češća pojava. U prošloj, 2024. godini, po prvi put je zabeležen veći broj napada i pretnji prema novinarkama nego prema novinarima.

Civil society warns of increasingly dangerous smear campaigns against media workers, the consequences of which can seriously threaten their safety. These attacks come from the highest public positions in Serbia. President Vučić's statement, which demands that Veran Matić apologize to the people who were accused of murdering journalist Slavko Ćuruvija and "take them a bottle of wine", represents an unequivocal and dangerous political message: this kind of targeting and calling for revenge against those who fight for truth and justice is once again allowed in Serbia.