Матица сербская
Vasa Stajić published a socialist journal called "Novi Srbin" and "Prosveta" magazine and, because of his ideas, he was frequently arrested and questioned by the authorities. In Novi Sad, he became secretary of the Matica srpska, one of the most important Serbian cultural institutions of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and in 1921 and 1936 he was editor of "Letopis" (Chronicle), the official organ of this institution.