change font size

print version

copyright

Other languages:

BIRN Serbia and Montenegro

Nine Journalists Embark on Stories After Training

Mitrovica North, April 13-15 2006

18 04 2006  BIRN SaM conducted a three-day workshop for nine Serb and Bosniak journalists from around Kosovo from 13 to 15 April.

BIRN SaM conducted a three-day workshop for nine Serb and Bosniak journalists from around Kosovo from 13 to 15 April. Training focused on international standards in reporting, BIRN style and structure for news analyses and features, libel law and diversity reporting. The journalists and trainers also discussed differences in local and international journalism, methods of achieving balance in their coverage and the most common mistakes journalists make and how to avoid them.

Trainees viewed BIRN documentary's "Does Anyone Have a Plan" and debated issues raised by the film, with a focus on how to practice balanced reporting in multiethnic areas such as Kosovo.

The second part of the course was dedicated to on-the-job training. Journalists worked with trainers to identify interesting and relevant topics, discussed how to approach the stories and, finally, nine articles were commissioned for a special package dedicated to Kosovo's minority issues.

The trainees will have an opportunity to become members of BIRN regional network.

The trainees worked with Dragana Nikolic Solomon, BIRN SaM director, Jeta Xhara, BIRN Kosovo director, Ana Petruseva, BIRN Macedonia Director and Gordana Igric, BIRN editor in chief.

The next training session for Kosovo minority journalists will be held in Belgrade in July.

Sponsored by the British Embassy in Belgrade, the Northern Mitrovica training is part of a three-year-long minority journalism training and reporting project. For more info please contact Dragana Nikolic Solomon, BIRN SaM. (dragana@birn.eu.com.)