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BIRN’s First Seminar in East Serbia

12 06 2007  The BIRN Serbia team on June 9-10 held an initial training course for journalists in eastern Serbia as part of plans to expand the BIRN reporting network.

The seminar took place in Zajecar and gathered five journalists from around the region, who work for local and national media outlets.

Over two days, the participants from Zajecar, Bor and Majdanpek, were introduced to international standards of reporting, news analyses and feature writing. In addition, Aleksandar Vasovic, BIRN Serbia Trainer, held group session where developing ideas for analyses and article structure were discussed.

Additionally, two journalists from Belgrade and Bujanovac were present at the session, as they will be working together with colleagues from East Serbia on articles dealing with nationwide issues.

The training will be followed by a special issue of Balkan Insight devoted to the socio-political situation in East Serbia, examining unsuccessful privatisations, ecological problems, relations with neighbouring countries after their accession to the EU and the plight of minority groups.

This training was sponsored by the British embassy in Belgrade as a part of a three-year journalism training project. It provided journalists wit’ an invaluable opportunity to familiarise themselves with BIRN working practices and become permanent members of its network.