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BIRN’s Work Presented to Students in Washington
BIRN Programme Manager and investigative reporter Jelena Cosic gave a presentation to students at the American University in Washington DC on October 9 about BIRN’s work and achievements.

Serbian Media Stage Blackout in Defence of Freedom
Around 150 Serbian media outlets and NGOs are temporarily blacking out their websites or going off air on Thursday, in protest against what they see as assaults on the media’s freedom.

BIRN Cited as Source in International Reports
BIRN and its network members’ publications continue to be quoted and referenced in reports by international organisations around the world.

BIRN Film on Wartime Home Swaps Gets TV Premiere
BIRN’s new film ‘Your House was My Home’, about how war forced villagers in Serbia and Croatia to exchange homes with each other to save their lives, premieres on Al Jazeera Balkans on Tuesday.

BIRN Summer School Day 4: How to Scale Up Investigation
On the fourth third day of BIRN’s Summer School in Dubrovnik, journalists heard how to pitch stories, structure investigative projects and use open data.

BIRN Summer School: The Art of Interviews and Tracing Money
On the third day of BIRN’s Summer School, journalists heard how to conduct interviews and investigate offshore industries.

BIRN Summer School Day 2: Social Media, Fact-Checking for Investigative Journalists
BIRN’s Summer School continued on Tuesday with sessions exploring data journalism and fact-checking methods. s.

Eighth BIRN Summer School Opens in Croatia
BIRN’s latest Summer School opened on Monday in Dubrovnik with interactive sessions on advanced digital research and use of open data sources.

BIRN Articles Quoted in International Reports
Articles and reports published by BIRN in recent months have been quoted and referenced in various European publications about media, minorities, democratisation, foreign fighters and radicalisation.

“There won’t be European integration without free press”
Dragana Zarkovic Obradovic, director of BIRN Serbia, about media freedom in the region.

Dubrovnik to Host BIRN’s Investigative Journalism School
Dubrovnik and its stunning coastline will be the setting for the BIRN Summer School of Investigative Reporting in 2017.

BIRN Investigation Shortlisted for International Prize
An investigation by Balkan Investigative Reporting Network has been shortlisted for the prestigious Global Shining Light Award.

Pressure Rises on Journalists in the Balkans
Weakening EU and US influence in the Balkans and increased Russian influence, as well as growing political and economic pressures on journalists, have created a harsher environment for Balkan media, BIRN’s biennial meeting heard.

BIRN – Regional Network Director
Outstanding individual sought for this exciting post, heading up the work of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Regional Network, BIRN Hub, the unique media development and human rights organisation in the Balkans. BIRN’s hard-hitting reporting and analysis has gained an unparalleled reputation in the 12 years since it was founded.

BIRN Wins Four EU Investigative Journalism Awards
The 2017 regional scheme of the EU awarding investigative journalism in the Western Balkans and Turkey, for the best investigative stories published in 2016, has come to an end.