Manca Košir

Manca Košir
Košir in 2005
Born(1948-03-05)5 March 1948
Died2 May 2024(2024-05-02) (aged 76)
Ljubljana, Slovenia
NationalitySlovenian
Alma mater
Scientific career
Fields
  • Journalism studies
  • Philology
  • Sociology
Institutions

Manca Košir (5 March 1948 – 2 May 2024) was a Slovenian journalist, philologist, politician, and film actress. She began her career as a film actress and a mathematics instructor. She then began to work as a journalist, while also studying journalism academically, as a professor of journalism studies and the chair of the journalism department at The University of Ljubljana. She was one of the first people in Slovenia to engage in the academic study of journalism. In 2011, she co-founded the political party Movement for Sustainable Development of Slovenia (sl), and was elected as the party's first president.