BIRN Hub News and Events

Katarina Zrinjski has been working on projects promoting peacebuilding and reconciliation in the Balkans since 2010. As a project manager for BIRN BiH, she has broadened her knowledge and scope of work to security and corruption topics.

Journalists from six Western Balkan countries recently gathered online for a specialized training session on Podcast Production and Distribution led by international and regional professionals.

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) is announcing an open call for the Digital Rights and Freedoms Journalist Fellowship 2024, designed to mentor journalists and media outlets in producing investigative stories that highlight the critical challenges of digital rights violations.

Dzana Brkanic joined the BIRN team in May 2013. She has been a journalist since 2005, starting her career as a reporter for Radio Free Europe. Since December 2019, she has been Deputy Editor in BIRN BiH.
Dzana is also a mentor in the Western Balkans Media for Change project. Find out more about this important role in strengthening Bosnia and Herzegovina’s media landscape.

BIRN’s Reporting Democracy Travel & Reporting Programme invites journalists from the Visegrad region (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia) to apply for grants covering fees and field research expenses. This unique opportunity allows journalists to delve into Balkan reporting, fostering deeper insights into this dynamic region.

In collaboration with RDR, BIRN produced a follow-up report of its initial findings about Albanian telecommunications companies after a merger.

Svetoslav Todorov has been Balkan Insight’s correspondent from Bulgaria since 2020.

IPI-led initiative to support innovation and experimentation in journalism will continue to develop projects that help European organizations achieve sustainability.

The BIRN Summer School of Investigative Reporting returns this August to the Croatian coastal village of Mlini, with a number of award-winning journalists and editors as trainers.

Educating citizens about the sharing of data on the Internet, where gender-based violence, disinformation and other harmful narratives abound, is a necessity, BIRN’s Internet Freedom Meet conference in Skopje heard.

The first edition of the Global Index on Responsible AI 2024 was launched on June 13 at the closing keynote panel of the USAID Global Digital Development Forum. The forum included various hybrid events worldwide.

Journalists from six Western Balkan countries participated in a specialized training session on Data Analysis and Visualization led by regional and international professionals.

Network members met in Bosnia to discuss strategic improvements of the network’s activities and its future.

Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) opens a new call for applications for the three-day Regional Camp on Legally Safe Reporting and Crisis Reporting.

Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) invites teams of individuals, including journalists, editors, producers and other media workers from Western Balkan public broadcasters to submit applications for production support and receive up to €8,000 for production of their TV stories.