Mac vs PC - what's your preference and why? It is more a question of convenience: so Macintosh. However, mine is an ancient LC475, long overdue for retirement.
Will online publishing ever rule over print media? Economic and practical factors will probably settle this debate, but not soon. Online publications will have to be more profitable and more portable to compete with print.
Would you consider publishing online only? No journalist should rule out any medium. It is about getting the story out to the widest number of people in the most appropriate and accessible way. The medium is just a convenient means to an end: communication.
When did you first start using the web and realise its importance? I was editor on the launch of Time Out's website in 1995-1996, when big companies were just starting to wake up to the web's possibilities. As one of the more dynamic publishing houses we were able to investigate the possibilities of working online without spending ridiculous amounts of cash.
How did Radio B92 use the web to resist the Milosevic regime? When B92, Belgrade's key alternative voice, was shut down in 1996, it switched its broadcasts online (see www.b92.net). The public pressure this generated got it back on air within two days, the first time Milosevic was defeated on his own turf. But when B92 was shut down again during the Nato bombing of 1999, no digital intervention was powerful enough to prevent either local repression or the collateral damage of western attacks.
Is there still a place for B92 now? In the 90s, B92 became a focus for Serbs who said no to Milosevic's nationalism but were willing to fight for a better future rather than emigrating. Now B92 is part of the continuing battle within Serbia to establish principles of free speech, human rights and social justice.
Has the web helped increase political interest among younger people? It may not have increased activism, but it has focused it, particularly in the anti-globalisation movement. But the essential issue is to tackle digital exclusion; to ensure access for all that want it, rather than simply those who can afford it.
Favourite websites? The Institute of War and Peace Reporting is inspiring. It also operates via email bulletin, one of the most accessible ways to publish digitally. The provocative mailing list Nettime, music rag Popbitch and net insider sarcasm sheet Need To Know all do it the same way: just pure unadulterated information. Few make money, but they are loved and respected - and unique to the medium.
• This Is Serbia Calling by Matthew Collin is published by Serpent's Tail, priced £9.99.
