BIRN Kosovo Holds Training on Combating Gender-based Misinformation and Sexist Language in Media
On November 30, 2022, BIRN Kosovo organized a training workshop on combating gender-based misinformation and avoiding sexist language in media reporting.
BIRN Kosovo Holds Training on Advanced Fact Checking Techniques
On November 25, 2022, BIRN Kosovo in cooperation with Gracanica Online held a training session on conducting research and investigations using advanced fact-checking techniques.
BIRN Conference Warns of Far-Right Groups’ Influence in Balkans
Far-right and extremist groups are a major threat in the Balkans as they have deep roots in society and exert a significant influence, a BIRN conference in Sarajevo concluded.
BIRN Launches Interactive Map of Far-Right and Extremist Groups
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network has published an interactive map providing detailed information about scores of far-right and extremist organisations in six countries in the Balkans.
BIRN Seeks IT Enthusiasts, Coders to Help Investigative Reporters
In a bid to help journalists improve their tech skills to work on investigative stories, BIRN is forming a network of IT experts willing to provide assistance to reporters across the South East and Central Europe
Kosovo Albanian, Serb Journalists Trained in Fact-Checking, Media Literacy
BIRN Kosovo held a training course on November 12 entitled ‘Fact-Based Journalism and Media Literacy’, organised in cooperation with Gracanica Online.
EU Investigative Journalism Award Winners for 2022 announced during EU Western Balkans Media Conference in Tirana
Established in 2015, the EU Investigative Journalism Awards in the Western Balkans and Turkey, continues to celebrate and promote the outstanding achievements of investigative journalists as well as the visibility of quality journalism in the Western Balkans and Turkey.
EXTENSION: Open Call for Audience-Engaged Journalism Grants
Media outlets from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Serbia and Slovakia that want to engage the public in their investigative reporting are invited to apply for Audience-Engaged Journalism Grants.
Meet the People Behind BIRN: Sinisa-Jakov Marusic
Each month, BIRN introduces you to a different member of its team. For October, meet Sinisa-Jakov Marusic Editor and North Macedonia Correspondent at BIRN’s flagship English-language website Balkan Insight.
Bellingcat and BIRN Albania Hold Training on Far Right and OSINT
Two dozen journalists from national media in Albania participated on October 19 and 20 in a two-day training course on investigating far-right extremism and open search research methods.
BIRN Holds Visual Storytelling Workshop for Youngsters Interested in Transitional Justice
Eleven youngsters from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Kosovo, and Serbia met in Sarajevo to learn about using war crimes archives in visual storytelling.
BIRN Grantee Trains Kosovo Journalists to Research War Crime Archives
A BIRN grant recipient trained journalists in Kosovo how to explore the archives of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and domestic courts in ex-Yugoslav countries that deal with war crimes cases.
Freedom of Information in the Balkans: No Access and no Progress
Regional public institutions still need to improve their records on freedom of information and their transparency and accountability. Institutional silence remains a widespread problem, a BIRN panel discussion heard.
Freedom of Information in the Balkans: No access and no progress
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN, will present its annual Freedom of Information Report in an online event on Wednesday, October 19.
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.
