Author: birnEU

Our preferred candidate should be an
active member of the online community, aware of all the latest
internet trends and services, familiarity with the most important blogging
sites and an interest in Balkan affairs.

Responsibilities:

To familiarise themselves with website
analytics and propose ideas for improvement

To monitor Google and explore other
marketing and advertising possibilities

To popularise website using available
services such as social networking websites like: digg, stumble upon
and delicious.

To initiate and participate discussions
about the articles and topics published on balkaninsight.com

Interested candidates should apply with a
CV to [email protected]

The journalistic handbook on reporting diversity was presented on Monday
evening in the Red House for Culture and Debate in Sofia. Albena Shkodrova, BIRN
Bulgaria’s Country Director, is one of the handbook’s three editors.

Written by Yana Buhrer Tavanier – an editor for the Bulgarian weekly
newspaper Capital, the guide contains practical tips, resources, dictionaries,
positive and negative examples and other useful information for Bulgarian
journalists reporting on five minority groups: ethnic minorities, disabled
people, LGBT and people with HIV/AIDS.

The Bulgarian-language handbook is also available electronically here.
BIRN Bulgaria will help distribute the handbook to its contributors and other
national and regional journalists from its network.

While the guide is directed at journalists, the second aim of the project is
focuses on Bulgaria’s society at large. A series of five animated clips, created
to raise the public’s awareness on each of the five groups, is being shown on a
number of Bulgarian TV channels and in public venues.

The short video pieces can be seen here

The
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN, is a media development
group operating in nine countries across the Balkans. It is the
publisher of Balkan Insight, www.balkaninsight.com
an online news service.

Responsibilities
– brief summary:
Primary
responsibilities refer to the maintenance of existing websites in the
BIRN network, their systems and applications. Occasionally, the
responsibilities would include developing solutions and applications
as new needs of the websites arise.

Requirements:
For
this position we require experience in HTML and CSS, php and MySql,
and JavaScript basic. Additionally we require significant experience
in working with (preferably) different types of Content Management
Systems (CMS). Candidates who are well acquainted with smarty, Flash,
Linux OS and AJAX will be given an advantage.

A
very good command of English is required.

Our
team is looking for someone who is self-motivated and goal-oriented,
with good communication and teamwork skills, and with a commitment to
customer service.

Please
provide two references familiar with your qualifications and
experience in this field. When applying please send your CV, updated
with your most recent work positions to [email protected]
by February 1^st
2008.

Only
candidates selected for interview will be contacted.

"Divers"
is a weekly online publication covering ethnic minority
issues
in Romania, as well as key developments in the Balkan region.

The
bulletin can be read in Romanian at www.divers.ro,
with an English summary also available.

To
sign up, please go to www.divers.ro,
or contact BIRN Romania Director Marian Chiriac on [email protected]

The
publication is to be called "Rom European" (European Roma
People), and five issues are to be published between January-March
2008.

Roma
and non-Roma journalists are to be involved in the project, which is
being coordinated by BIRN Romania country director Marian Chiriac.

The
project is financially supported by EU’s Phare program with €30,000.