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BIRN Holds Training on Data Journalism, Digital Security, in Georgia
As part of the project exploring foreign influences in the Balkans, South Caucasus and Central Asia, Balkan Investigative Regional Reporting Network and its partners organized a workshop in Tbilisi, Georgia, to boost skills and foster networking among participants from the three regions.

Meet the People Behind BIRN: Igor Vujčić
Each month, BIRN introduces you to a different member of its team. For January, meet Igor Vujčić, BIRN’s graphic designer.

Meet the People Behind BIRN: Eleni Stamatoukou
Each month, BIRN introduces you to a different member of its team. For
December, meet Eleni Stamatoukou, BIRN’s Communication Manager and Journalist at Balkan Insight.
December, meet Eleni Stamatoukou, BIRN’s Communication Manager and Journalist at Balkan Insight.

Open Call: Third Cycle of the Digital Rights Programme for Journalists
Journalists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Kosovo are invited to apply for the third edition of BIRN’s Digital Rights Programme, which seeks to analyse threats to digital rights and freedoms and to document, explore and communicate to the wider public the abuses of digital tools to undermine democracy and human rights.

BIRN, n-ost, Hold Workshop in Ohrid on Environmental and Climate Reporting
BIRN Hub and partner organization n-ost held a workshop from September 20-23 in Ohrid, North Macedonia, on cross-border environmental and climate reporting for 18 journalists from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.

Open Call: BIRN is Seeking Data/Business Journalists
As part of its new project focusing on Foreign Direct Investment, FDI, in the Balkans, South Caucasus and Central Asia, BIRN is looking for journalists with strong competence in economic issues and experience in data editing and data journalism.

MEPS Quiz Commission on BIRN-Solomon Report on Greek Surveillance Systems
MEPs have submitted tough questions to the European Commission about BIRN’s and Solomon’s report on EU-funded surveillance systems deployed in reception areas in Greece.

Meet the People Behind BIRN: Karla Juničić
Each month, BIRN introduces you to a different member of its team. For September, meet Karla Juničić, Engagement Editor and Coordinator at Balkan Investigative Reporting Network.

BIRN’s ‘Bitter Land’ Mass Graves Project: Call for Contributions
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network is seeking to commission material about forced disappearances and mass graves in the former Yugoslavia as part of its online mass graves database project, Bitter Land, and for potential inclusion in a forthcoming book.

BIRN Introduces Project to Fight Disinformation in Central Europe Region
Mapping Digital Rights Violations and Fighting Disinformation in Central Europe is an ambitious initiative to fight disinformation and propaganda by creating a unique regional Digital Monitoring database

Applications Open for BIRN Summer School 2022 in Slovenia
Portoroz and its stunning coastline will be the setting for the BIRN’s Summer School for Investigative Reporting this August.

Meet the People Behind BIRN: Nicholas Watson
Each month, BIRN introduces you to a different member of its team. For June, meet Nicholas Watson, editor of Reporting Democracy.

European collaboration to boost media experimentation and innovation
Introducing Media Innovation Europe, an ambitious initiative to energize the European ecosystem for independent and local journalism

BIRN’s Reporting Democracy Opens New Call for Travel and Reporting Programme
BIRN’s Reporting Democracy Travel & Reporting Programme is opening the call for journalists from the Visegrad region who have an interest on reporting from the Balkans to apply for the grant that covers expenses in the chosen field research.

BIRN Funds Projects to Research War Crime Case Archives
BIRN has awarded grants to 13 journalists, historians, artists and activists for projects exploring the archives of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and domestic courts in ex-Yugoslav countries that dealt with war crimes cases.