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Advanced training for journalists in Novi Pazar

27 11 2007  BIRN’s team in Serbia organized a two–days advanced training course for five journalists from the Sandzak region, as part of its Minority Media Training and Reporting Project.

Misa Brkic, senior news reporter from Belgrade, held two group sessions on economic reporting, tackling important issues of the region, such as investments, budgetary control, corruption and cash flow. The aim was to help journalists recognize potential stories and understand ongoing developments.

Gordana Igric, BIRN Director and media trainer, helped journalists put local stories in a wider context, giving advice on how to formulate and structure their articles.
During the training course participant were once again introduced to international standards in reporting, especially in terms of objectivity and balance.

Eight articles will be produced as a result of the training session. Out of that number five will be published as a special edition of Balkan Insight to show how the severe political division in the Sandzak influence all aspects of life and development.

The articles will cover the relationship between the local and national authorities, tensions between different political parties in the context of religious division among the Bosniaks in the Sandzak, the restructuring of local industries, problems with smuggling of goods, the state of the local media, and the possibilities for the development of this region in the context of the Central European Free Trade Agreement.