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The training consisted of two sessions. The first was delivered by Amir Gërguri, Commander of specialized units in the Kosovo Police. He elaborated on communications with security institutions in emergency crisis situations. The second session was delivered by Kreshnik Gashi, editor-in-chief of KALLXO.com, who reflected upon safe and ethical reporting of emergency crisis situations.

Participants were given examples to further understand the applicability of the theoretical framework of the training sessions. They were also given the opportunity to ask insightful questions on reporting from emergency crisis situations, as well as share their own experiences.

The training was organized as part of the project “Ensure a safe space for journalists during protest reporting.”, a project funded by the European Commission.

In total, 18 journalists and students of journalism participated in this training.

BIRN Kosovo aims to support the democratic transition in Kosovo and the implementation of human rights and media freedom by holding regular training sessions and workshops.

During this part of 2022 alone, BIRN Kosovo, as part of the project “Resilient Community Program”, held three community gatherings in the municipalities of Prishtina, Gjilan and Obiliq.

The gatherings consisted of a lecture by Kreshnik Gashi, editor in chief at KALLXO.com, and brought together psychologists and directors of schools.

The guests shared their experiences with people, more specifically students, whose families have returned from the conflict zones in Syria and Iraq, and the process of reintegration and re-socialization to which they have been subjected. In total, 16 participants have been part of the gatherings held thus far.

Training on fact-finding

As part of the project “Promoting fact-checking to combat false news and misinformation in Kosovo”, which is supported by the US embassy in Kosovo, BIRN Kosovo also held three trainings on fact-checking methodologies with a total of 50 journalists, in the municipalities of Prishtina, Prizren and Gjilan.

The trainings were made up of three parts. The first covered standards, the basics of fact-checking, and the differences between misinformation, fake news, deep fakes, and other fake news production formats.

The second was dedicated to identifying fake news and harmful narratives in the media and building debunking mechanisms within newsrooms. The third part gave participants the opportunity to practice together with the trainers to identify fake news.

Workshop trainers included Kreshnik Gashi and Visar Prebreza, managing editor of Research and Krypometer articles at KALLXO.com.

As part of the project “Data 4 Fighting Harmful Narratives in the Judiciary”, which is funded by the Millennium Foundation Kosovo, MFK, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation, MCC, BIRN Kosovo held training sessions on using judicial data with a total of 77 Faculty of Law students from the University of Pristina and the University of Prizren.

On March 10 and 11, as part of the project “Confidence Building Project”, which is supported by UNMIK, BIRN Kosovo held a training session with a journalists in the municipality of Gjilan on the bases of investigation and fact-checking principles.

On the first day, KALLXO.com’s Kreshnik Gashi, spoke about the bases of reporting, the public profile that journalists should keep, how to develop contacts with sources of information, protection of sources and how to build trust.

Visar Prebreza meanwhile spoke on how to initiate research and secure information from open data platforms. He also talked about investigations into public procurement and techniques for detecting stories in this field. Finally, on day one,

Valdet Salihu, a producer at the TV programme KALLXO Pernime, gave insight into different production techniques, photographs and video footage.

The second day of the training involved activities in which the participants practiced use of techniques for fact-checking and detecting fake news, with scenarios sourced from statements and footage of public officials.

A total of 16 journalists participated in the course, including three from the Serb and Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian minority communities.

Additionally, as part of the project “Ensure a safe space for journalists during protest reporting”, a project funded by the European Commission”, BIRN Kosovo held a training for 18 journalists and students of journalism, which aims to equip them with appropriate knowledge and practices on reporting from protests, with a special focus on violent ones.

*This publication was produced with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of Balkan Investigative Reporting Network and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.

 

 

 

The workshop consisted of three sessions. The first, delivered by Kreshnik Gashi, editor-in-chief at KALLXO.com, focused on the state vision of preventing the radicalism and the violent extremism that leads to terrorism, and reflecting this vision to the wider public.

The second, delivered by Vehbi Mujku, director of the Center for Social Welfare in Pristina, focused on the role of the Centers in the early identification process of radical behaviours, and in the treatment of people affected by violent extremism.

The third session, delivered by Luljeta Berisha, psychologist at the Kosovo Rehabilitation Center for Rehabilitation of Torture Victims, focused on the early identification of radical behaviours in children and treatment of trauma in them.

In total, 18 representatives from the Centers for Social Welfare and members from other municipal institutions participated in the workshop, organized as part of the “Resilient Community Program”, which is funded by the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund, GCERF.

BIRN Kosovo aims to support the democratic transition in Kosovo and the implementation of human rights and media freedom by holding regular training sessions and workshops.

During this part of 2022 alone, BIRN Kosovo, as part of the project “Resilient Community Program”, held three community gatherings in the municipalities of Prishtina, Gjilan and Obiliq.

The gatherings consisted of a lecture by Kreshnik Gashi, editor in chief at KALLXO.com, and brought together psychologists and directors of schools.

The guests shared their experiences with people, more specifically students, whose families have returned from the conflict zones in Syria and Iraq, and the process of reintegration and re-socialization to which they have been subjected. In total, 16 participants have been part of the gatherings held thus far.

Training on fact-finding

As part of the project “Promoting fact-checking to combat false news and misinformation in Kosovo”, which is supported by the US embassy in Kosovo, BIRN Kosovo also held three trainings on fact-checking methodologies with a total of 50 journalists, in the municipalities of Prishtina, Prizren and Gjilan.

The trainings were made up of three parts. The first covered standards, the basics of fact-checking, and the differences between misinformation, fake news, deep fakes, and other fake news production formats.

The second was dedicated to identifying fake news and harmful narratives in the media and building debunking mechanisms within newsrooms. The third part gave participants the opportunity to practice together with the trainers to identify fake news.

Workshop trainers included Kreshnik Gashi and Visar Prebreza, managing editor of Research and Krypometer articles at KALLXO.com.

As part of the project “Data 4 Fighting Harmful Narratives in the Judiciary”, which is funded by the Millennium Foundation Kosovo, MFK, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation, MCC, BIRN Kosovo held training sessions on using judicial data with a total of 77 Faculty of Law students from the University of Pristina and the University of Prizren.

On March 10 and 11, as part of the project “Confidence Building Project”, which is supported by UNMIK, BIRN Kosovo held a training session with a journalists in the municipality of Gjilan on the bases of investigation and fact-checking principles.

On the first day, KALLXO.com’s Kreshnik Gashi, spoke about the bases of reporting, the public profile that journalists should keep, how to develop contacts with sources of information, protection of sources and how to build trust.

Visar Prebreza meanwhile spoke on how to initiate research and secure information from open data platforms. He also talked about investigations into public procurement and techniques for detecting stories in this field. Finally, on day one,

Valdet Salihu, a producer at the TV programme KALLXO Pernime, gave insight into different production techniques, photographs and video footage.

The second day of the training involved activities in which the participants practiced use of techniques for fact-checking and detecting fake news, with scenarios sourced from statements and footage of public officials.

A total of 16 journalists participated in the course, including three from the Serb and Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian minority communities.

Additionally, as part of the project ““Providing a safe environment for journalists during protests”, a project funded by the European Union Office in Kosovo”, BIRN Kosovo held a training for 18 journalists and students of journalism, which aims to equip them with appropriate knowledge and practices on reporting from protests, with a special focus on violent ones.

Held on Monday, April 4-th 2022, the afternoon of activities brought together journalists, media professionals, media regulators and technology experts to share their experience in robust fact-checking practices from around Kosovo, the region and the world.

More than 60 participants attended the event at Prishtina’s Kino Armata in person, with a similar number tuning in online via Zoom.

The conference was opened by BIRN Kosovo’s executive director Jeta Xharra, who highlighted the particular risks of misinformation, disinformation and fake news stemming from Russia, China and Turkey. She also paid tribute to all the journalists who are risking their lives to report from the ongoing war in Ukraine. “Eight journalists, mostly Ukrainians, but also internationals have died during the Russian invasion of Ukraine,” she said. “They have paid with their lives to bring us the truth”.

In the first of three panel discussions, Xharra was joined by representatives from leading global publications and institutions — Enock Nyariki from the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), Jasna Jelisić from the European External Action Service, Rainer Schüller from Der Standard in Austria, Ed Vulliamy from The Guardian/Observer in the UK, and Svitlana Slipchenko from VoxCheck at VOX Ukraine.

There was also a brief contribution from Maksym Skubenko, head of VOX Ukraine who is now a conscript of the Ukrainian army defending his country against Russia. Speaking from the frontline of the war, Skubenko highlighted the paramount importance of reporting accurate information and powerfully appealed for everyone present to ensure that the world doesn’t forget Russia’s actions in Ukraine and to make sure the world does not fall prey to Russian disinformation.

Other panelists highlighted the importance of fact-checkers working together as allies to share best practices, tools and reliable platforms that help combat the sheer volume of fake news in the current context.

“All the disinformation coming from the Russian side is hard to handle”, said Schüller. “I think the only way to debunk the disinformation is to have an experienced editorial staff and to find allies in the fight for the truth”.

Slipchenko added that the challenge as fact-based journalists is to counter malign narratives stemming from Russia with other, accurate narratives. “The latest example we had to deal with was the Russian narrative that there was no attack on the maternity hospital in Mariupol, when we clearly know what happened there”, she said.

Speaking from Kenya, Nyariki explained how fact-checkers globally had come together to create the public #UkraineFacts database, which includes verified reports about the war. “We knew that disinformation and misinformation would get out of control and spread throughout the world,” he said.

Jelisić pointed out how the battle against disinformation is a global one, and that the Western Balkans is not spared. “The Western Balkans, in comparison to the EU member states, is maybe more vulnerable to disinformation because the level of media literacy is lower, there is lower trust in institutions in general [and] the space for the functioning of independent professional media has been shrinking for a very long time”, she said. “So, when the same trend is hitting the region, the capacity of the Western Balkans to deal with it, to build resilience to it, is limited in comparison to the EU member states”.

Asked whether one should take comfort in the fact that we live in a day and age when everybody is able to debunk information by virtue of the vast availability of information and the widespread use of smartphones, Ed Vulliamy from the Guardian/Observer replied “There is indeed an avalanche of information, but it has no depth, it’s all surface.”

The second panel, “Lessons From the Region”, was moderated by Kosovo 2.0’s executive director, Besa Luci, who was joined by experts from around the Western Balkans — Tijana Cvjetićanin from Raskrivanje.ba who is also an IFCN board member; Ivan Angelovski, a regional investigative editor from BIRN and an associate producer with CBC Canada; Filip Stojanovski from Metamorphosis in North Macedonia; and Kreshnik Gashi from BIRN Kosovo’s Krypometër.

Participants focused on combating the challenges that face media and fact-checking outlets in the region in the context of the specific political and economic conditions within which they operate. They shared examples of how to boost media literacy and productive critical thinking within countries where education systems are lacking such fundamental teaching and discussed what the relationship should be between fact-checking experts and public policy makers.

Pointing to the dangerous false narratives that have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, Stojanovski asserted that fact-checking is a matter of life and death. “This topic should be advanced and a solution found in the field of disinformation”, he said. “The Internet was created at an academic level to spread knowledge, and now it is used for purposes that go against freedom of expression — we are dealing with hate speech”.

Angelovski echoed similar sentiments. “Misinformation must be fought at every level and in the most accurate and professional way by presenting the facts”, he said.

The day’s third and final panel was led by BIRN Kosovo’s Kreshnik Gashi, an IFCN certified fact-checker, and included guests from various Kosovo media outlets — Flaka Surroi from Koha Ditore, Afërdita Saraçini from RTV 21, Shkumbin Ahmetxhekaj from RTK, Tatjana Lazarević from KOSSEV, and Gentian Lluka from Telegrafi.

Panellists particularly highlighted the importance of well-trained and experienced editors within newsrooms to ensure that information being published is properly verified and therefore accurate. They also answered questions from journalists and students in the audience on editorial and fact-checking processes, as well as the availability of fact-checking training in Kosovo.

Saraçini noted that in the past, governing regimes distributed fake news to the masses through a single medium and people believed whatever they were told but that today things are different. “There are multiple sources where citizens can get their information, which in and of itself is both a good thing and a bad thing”, she said. “While citizens have more sources of information, they are also more prone to falling prey to fake news and disinformation”.

Gashi highlighted that in Kosovo, there is outside influence on information, especially from sources financed by Russia, that aim to create insecurity and create panic, while there is also great effort focused on changing the historical narrative. “The other element is the internal influence supported by political parties and businesses in our country”, he said. “In Kosovo, the fact that there has been a tendency for political parties to produce false news about their opponents in order to take power should not be left unattended”.

Surroi suggested that credible local media that have been operating in Kosovo for a long time don’t allow themselves to be taken in by fake news because before publishing anything they verify their sources and ascertain whether what is being said is true or not. “With regard to fake news coming from abroad, we are trying to channel the type of information sources coming to us from abroad and of course we are heavily reliant on news agencies and international news companies that are known to be credible”, she said.

Acting director of RTK Ahmetxhekaj focused on recent changes at Kosovo’s public broadcaster and ways in which they are striving to improve the quality of their journalism output. “We are focused on having our own news produced by RTK, and less on getting news from other agencies and media”, he said.

Asked about the institutional response to the global spread of false narratives, Lazarević said that she was frustrated by censorship of information and misinformation and that this was not the solution to fighting disinformation and malign forces. “I am very radical in the sense that there should be no censorship in informing the public”, she said.

International Fact-Checking Day, led by Poynter’s IFCN, was established in 2017 and is marked by various media organizations in the world as a day to celebrate the truth. Deliberately set on April 2, the day after April Fools’ Day, International Fact-Checking Day clearly accentuates the binary of ‘fool versus fact’ in an era when facts are more important than ever.

 

 

A BIRN-organised conference on “Dealing in facts: How to counter malign foreign influences”, held in Pristina on Monday, concluded that there is a growing need for robust fact-checking and a fight against disinformation in the Western Balkans.

Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN, in Kosovo, in partnership with Internews Kosova and FindBug marked International Fact-Checking Day on April 2 with an in-person and webinar conference that brought together journalists, media professionals, media regulators and self-regulators, as well as media and technology experts, to discuss the risks of malign influences, particularly those coming from powerful countries such as China, Russia and Turkey.

Ivan Angelovski, BIRN Regional Investigative Editor and CBC Canada Associate Producer, said disinformation should be fought every day and at every level.

“There is a big responsibility from traditional media. Fake news is an extremely complex topic and the only way to fight it is doing your job and report on these groups which use fake news for their own purposes,” Angelovski said.

Jasna Jelisić, head of the Western Balkans Task Force in the EEAS Strategic Communication and Information Analysis Division, said that although it is ever present, the capacity of Western Balkans to deal with disinformation is more limited than in the European Union.

“The problem with disinformation is global and the Western Balkans is not spared disinformation. Media literacy in the region is lower and there is no trust in the media,” Jelisić said.

Kreshnik Gashi, editor of BIRN’s fact-checking platform in Kosovo, Krypometer, said disinformation in Kosovo comes from both inside and outside the country.

“Disinformation that comes from countries like Russia aims at creating a sense of insecurity among citizens,” Gashi said.

“From within Kosovo, we have had tendencies from political parties to produce fake news against rivals, but public companies have also sponsored news portals that produce fake news. It means that huge amount of public money has gone into fake news,” Gashi said.

 

As part of the project, BIRN in partnership with Internews Kosova, FindBug, and D4D is developing a smart solution that will help the interested parties and the overall public with the judicial cases, procedures, and regulations by an easy access to cases, the upcoming hearings, and time needed for solving a case based on searches on internet and social media.

BIRN’s intervention with the Judicial Dig Data Challenge consists of synthesizing the available judicial data on gender-based violence, attacks on journalists and the LGBTQI+ persons, corruption, resolution of civil cases, human resource management in justice institutions, effectiveness of the LAA, the Supreme Court and the Special Prosecution, among others, by linking multiple datasets from the Kosovo Judicial Council (KJC), the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council (KPC) and the Legal Aid Agency (LAA).

Our intervention also aims to extend the category of people utilizing the available judicial data. This will be achieved by engaging other actors, such as journalists, in the process of data analysis and in proposing means in addressing data-driven needs.

In this regard, BIRN invites all interested young, aspiring and mid-career journalists to apply for the three-month fellowship, provided by MFK.

Five (5) ambitious and daring journalists will be selected by a team of professional editors to become part of this program. Each fellow will be granted EUR 400.00 fellowship bursary for an in-depth research story based on judicial data. The analytical articles should be derived from the datasets of the Kosovo Judicial Council (KJC), the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council (KPC) and the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) as stated above, however journalists can also use other credible sources for their articles.

Moreover, the selected journalists will receive hands-on mentorship by a team of highly-skilled BIRN Kosovo editors and legal advisors, who have extensive experience in court monitoring, judicial data, and producing and editing high quality reporting in Kosovo regarding the judicial system.

At the end of the programme, fellows are expected to have produced an original research/investigative in-depth investigative story with a limit of 800 – 1,000 words.

How to apply?

Those interested should submit their proposals/pitches with the topics they want to write about,  which should be summarized in a maximum of 300 words. Ideas should be clear and contain details on the topic to be addressed, how it will be addressed, sources to be contacted, etc.

The story proposal should be developed based on the below listed criteria:

– Use of datasets of KJC, KPC, and LAA

– Impact of the story on the public

– Special addressing of the issue

– Inclusiveness

Please submit your proposal on a PDF document including the links of previous work, and your CV by midnight on April 30^th, 2022, to [email protected], with the subject: Application for the Judicial Dig Data Challenge Fellowship.

Any questions regarding this programme or the application can be addressed to [email protected], by April 10, 2022 at the latest.

Women and members of non-majority communities are strongly encouraged to apply.

 

“Thirrje për Aplikime për ‘Fellowship Program’ për Shkrimin e Storieve bazuar në të Dhënat Gjyqësore”

BIRN Kosova ka hapur konkursin për aplikime për shkrimin e storieve analitike gazetareske si pjesë e projektit “Të dhëna për luftimin e narrativave të dëmshme mbi gjyqësorin” financuar nga Fondacioni i Mijëvjeçarit në Kosovë (MFK) dhe Korporata e Sfidave të Mijëvjeçarit (MCC) si pjesë e projektit #DigDataKosovo, Sfida për të dhëna të hapura’.

BIRN në partneritet me Internews Kosova, FindBug dhe D4D po zhvillon një zgjidhje inteligjente që do t’u ndihmojë palëve të interesuara dhe publikut të përgjithshëm me çështjet gjyqësore, procedurat dhe rregulloret, me një qasje të lehtë në rastet në të ardhmën, në seanca dëgjimore dhe kohën e nevojshme për zgjidhjen e një rasti bazuar në kërkimet/hulumtimet në internet dhe në mediat sociale.

Përfshrija e BIRN përmes Judicial Dig Data Challenge konsiston në sintetizimin e të dhënave të disponueshme gjyqësore lidhur me dhunën me bazë gjinore, sulmet ndaj gazetarëve dhe personave të komunitetit LGBTQI+, korrupsionin, zgjidhjen e çështjeve civile, menaxhimin e burimeve njerëzore në institucionet e drejtësisë, efektivitetin e Agjencisë për Ndihmë Juridike, Gjykatës Supreme dhe Prokurorisë Speciale, ndër të tjera, duke ndërlidhur të dhëna të shumta nga Këshilli Gjyqësor i Kosovës (KGJK), Këshilli Prokurorial i Kosovës (KPK) dhe Agjencia për Ndihmë Juridike (ANJ).

Përfshirja jonë synon gjithashtu ta zgjerojë kategorinë e personave të cilët i përdorin të dhënat e disponueshme gjyqësore. Kjo do të arrihet duke angazhuar akterë të tjerë, të tillë si gazetarët, në procesin e analizës së të dhënave dhe në propozimin e mjeteve për adresimin e nevojave të orientuara nga të dhënat.

Si rrjedhojë, BIRN fton të gjithë gazetarët e rinj, aspirantë dhe të interesuarit me karrierë të mesme profesionale që të aplikojnë për bursën tre mujore të ofruar nga MFK.

5 gazetarë ambiciozë dhe të guximshëm do të zgjidhen nga një ekip redaktorësh profesional për t’u bërë pjesë e këtij programi. Secili anëtar do të përfitojë bursë prej 400.00 Euro për një storie analitike bazuar në të dhëna gjyqësore. Shkrimet analitike duhet të rrjedhin nga grupet e të dhënave të Këshillit Gjyqësor të Kosovës (KGJK), Këshillit Prokurorial të Kosovës (KPK) dhe Agjencisë për Ndihmë Juridike (ANJ), ashtu siç u tha më lart, megjithatë, gazetarët mund t’i përdorin edhe burime të tjera të besueshme për shkrimet e tyre.

Përveç kësaj, gazetarët e përzgjedhur do të përfitojnë mentorim nga një ekip redaktorësh dhe zyrtare ligjor të kualifikuar të BIRN Kosova, të cilët kanë përvojë të gjerë në monitorim të gjykatave, të dhëna gjyqësore, dhe në prodhimin dhe redaktimin e raportimit të cilësisë së lartë në Kosovë dhe në rajon.

Në fund të programit, bursistët pritet të kenë prodhuar një storie origjinale hulumtuese/kërkimore me një limit prej 800 – 1,000 fjalësh.

Si të aplikoni?

Të interesuarit duhet t’i paraqesin propozimet/pikat e tyre me temat për të cilat duan të shkruajnë, të cilat duhet të përmblidhen në maksimum 300 fjalë. Idetë duhet të jenë të qarta dhe të përmbajnë detaje mbi temën që do të trajtohet, si do të trajtohet, burimet që do të kontaktohen, etj.

Propozimi i stories duhet të zhvillohet bazuar në kriteret e poshtëlistuara:

– Përdorimi i grupeve të të dhënave të KGJK-së, KPK-së dhe ANJ-së

– Ndikimi i stories në opinionin publik

– Trajtim i veçantë i stories në fjalë

– Gjithëpërfshirje

Ju lutemi dorëzojeni propozimin tuaj në një dokument PDF duke përfshirë vegzat e punës së mëparshme dhe CV-në tuaj deri në mesnatën e datës 30 Prill 2022, në adresën [email protected], me temë: Aplikimi për Bursën Judicial Dig Data Challenge.

Çdo pyetje në lidhje me këtë program ose aplikacion mund të drejtohet tek [email protected], jo më vonë se deri më 10 prill 2022.

Gratë dhe pjesëtarët e komuniteteve pakicë inkurajohen fuqishëm që të aplikojnë.

 

“Poziv za podnošenje prijava za pisanje priča na osnovu pravosudnih podataka”

BIRN Kosovo je, nakon uspeha i iskustava prethodnih dodela stipendija novinarima za pokrivanje različitih oblasti, otvorio poziv za podnošenje prijava za pisanje detaljnih novinarskih priča u okviru projekta „Podaci za borbu protiv štetnih narativa o pravosuđu“ koji finansiraju Milenijumska Fondacija Kosovo (MFK) i MCC.

Uprkos obećavajućih poboljšanja u radu kosovskog pravosudnog sistema, i dalje zemlja se suočava sa hitnim izazovima u ovoj oblasti, uključujući odgovornost, nepristrasnost, upravljanje, efikasnost i kvalitet pravde.

Odugovlačeni sudski postupci, nestručne sudije i tužioci, stalna borba sa nerešenim predmetima, čine neefikasan pravosudni sistem koji ne ispunjava potrebe građana. Mali značajni napreci su se dogodili u pogledu rada sudova i efikasnosti pravosuđa u rešavanju predmeta. Organi za sprovođenje zakona i dalje ne reaguju na potrebe ranjivih delova društva kao što su žrtve rodno zasnovanog nasilja, etničke manjine i seksualne manjine.

Štaviše, lažne vesti i orkestrirane dezinformacione kampanje su imale geopolitički uticaj koji je imao značaja na sve oblasti u uspostavljenim i demokratijama u nastajanju, i podrivao odgovor na globalne izazove.

U okviru projekta, BIRN u partnerstvu sa Internews Kosova, FindBug-om i D4D-om razvija pametno rešenje koje će pomoći zainteresovanim stranama i celokupnoj javnosti u sudskim predmetima, procedurama i propisima lakim pristupom predmetima, predstojećim saslušanjima i potrebnog vremena za rešavanje predmeta na osnovu pretraga na internetu i društvenim mrežama.

Intervencija BIRN-a na izazovu Judicial Dig Data Challenge sastoji se od sinteze dostupnih pravosudnih podataka o rodno zasnovanom nasilju, napadima na novinare i LGBTQI+ osobe, korupciji, rešavanju građanskih sporova, upravljanju ljudskim resursima u pravosudnim institucijama, efikasnosti APP-a, Vrhovnog suda i Specijalnog tužilaštva, između ostalog, povezivanjem više skupova podataka iz Sudskog saveta Kosova (SSK), Tužilačkog saveta Kosova (TSK) i Agencije za pravnu pomoć (APP).

Takođe, naša intervencija ima za cilj da proširi kategoriju ljudi koji koriste dostupne sudske podatke. Ovo će se postići angažovanjem drugih aktera, kao što su studenti i novinari, u procesu analize podataka i predlaganjem sredstava za adresiranje potreba zasnovanim na podacima.

U tom pogledu, BIRN poziva sve zainteresovane mlade, perspektivne novinare i novinare srednje karijere da se prijave za tromesečnu stipendiju koju obezbeđuje MFK.

Pet (5) ambicioznih i smelih novinara će izabrati tim profesionalnih urednika kako bi postali deo ovog programa. Svaki stipendista će dobiti stipendiju od 400,00 evra za detaljnu istraživačku priču zasnovanu na pravosudnim podacima.

Osim toga, odabrani novinari će dobiti mentorstvo tima visokokvalifikovanih urednika BIRN Kosovo i pravnih savetnika, koji imaju veliko iskustvo u praćenju sudova, pravosudnih podataka i produkciji i uređivanju visokokvalitetnog izveštavanja na Kosovu u vezi sa pravosudnim sistemom.

Na kraju programa, očekuje se da stipendisti proizvedu originalnu ispitivačku/istraživačku detaljnu priču sa ograničenjem od 1.000 – 1.500 reči.

Da li ste zainteresovani da postanete deo ovog programa?

 

Popunite obrazac prijave i pošaljite vašu prijavu do ponoći 30. aprila 2022. godine, na [email protected], sa naslovom: Prijava za Dig Data Challenge Fellowship.

Sva pitanja u vezi ovog programa ili prijave mogu se poslati na [email protected], najkasnije do 25. maja.

Žene i pripadnici nevećinskih zajednica se snažno ohrabruju da se prijave.

 

 

 

 

On the first day, editor-in-chief of KALLXO.com Kreshnik Gashi, spoke about the bases of reporting, the public profile that journalists should keep, how to develop contacts with sources of information, protection of sources and how to build trust.

Visar Prebreza, managing editor at KALLXO.com, spoke on how to initiate research and how to secure information from open data platforms. He also talked about investigations into public procurement and techniques for detecting stories in this field.

Finally, on day one, Valdet Salihu, a producer at the TV programme KALLXO Pernime, gave insight into different production techniques, photographs and video footage.

The second day of the training involved practical activities in which the participants practiced using techniques for fact-checking and detecting fake news with scenarios sourced from statements and footage of public officials.

A total of 16 journalists participated in the training course, of whom 12 were women, including three participants from the Serb and Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian minority communities. The training was organised as part of the “Confidence Building Project” supported by UNMIK.

 

In close cooperation with the Kosovo Judicial Council and the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council, MFK has created a database for information linked to the judicial system. The database will serve as a tool for informing research and analysis in the field of justice for all interested groups, including judicial institutions, experts, students and civil society members.

The main goal of the activity is to develop the capacities of law students from Kosovo’s universities to use judicial data as part of their studies.

In total, 77 students took part in the training sessions, which were led by Labinot Leposhtica, the monitoring coordinator at BIRN Kosovo’s Legal Office.

Following the training, students from both universities will have the opportunity to be part of a scholarship for writing a seminar paper based on the judicial data. In their seminar papers, students will be encouraged to focus on cases of criminal law, civil law, administrative procedures and economic law.

Under the guidance and mentorship of the BIRN editorial team, the selected papers will be turned into journalistic articles, which will be published in the “Life in Kosovo” newspaper. Two students will each be awarded €200 for their work.

The overall goal of this project is to fight fake news and misinformation by monitoring the media, providing hands-on training for journalists and improving public awareness of the judicial system by establishing a platform that utilises public data and fact-checking resources.