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Topics covered by the course included investigative journalism techniques, online storytelling, multimedia training, video and photo editing, as well as information on domestic and EU politics in the sphere of environmental protection.

A call for investigative stories with an environmental angle was launched in March as part of a project to strengthen investigative reporting in Montenegro, founded by the EU Delegation in Podgorica.

Three journalists have been awarded grants to cover their expenses while carrying out investigations and writing stories on the environment and related to Chapter 27 within the EU accession process.

The journalists will have nine months to dig deeper and research their ideas, and will also have the opportunity to work with experienced editors as their mentors to guide them through the process of writing to BIRN standards.

Balkan Insight was quoted in ‘Some Kind of Justice: the ICTY’s Impact in Bosnia and Serbia’, published in 2018 by the prestigious Oxford University Press.

The author is Diane Orentlicher, professor of international law at Washington College of Law, American University.

The book focuses on the UN war crime court’s impact on victims’ experience of justice, on accountability processes, and on official, elite, and community discourses about the wars.

Another book focusing on transitional justice issues that cited Balkan Insight was ‘Replicating Atonement: Foreign Models in the Commemoration of Atrocities’, published in 2017.

In the book, regional and country studies cover post-conflict experiences of Argentina, Canada, Japan, Lebanon, Rwanda, Russia, Turkey, the United States and the former Yugoslavia.

Balkan Insight was also cited in ‘Tourism and Geopolitics – Issues and Concepts from Central and Eastern Europe’, edited by Derek Hall and published in 2017.

The book explores relationships between tourism and geopolitics in the Central and Eastern Europe.

Other publications from 2017 and 2018  that cited Balkan Insight texts include ‘Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Genocide and Memory’, edited by Jutta Lindert and Armen T. Marsoobian and published by Springer International Publishing, and ‘Liquid Nationalism and State Partitions in Europe’ by Stefano Bianchini, published by Edward Elgar Publishing.

The programme received 99 applications; the selection committee chose 10 participants from across the region.

Applicants from around the Balkan region pitched their story ideas on “TRUTH”, the theme for this year’s edition of the BFJE. A selection committee had to make some tough choices and evaluate the applications based on the relevance, feasibility and originality of the proposals, as well as the professional qualifications, motivation and journalistic approach of the applicants.

The list of chosen fellows is on the BFJE web site.

The school, in its ninth year, will again gather top journalists and editors from the Balkans and across the world to train reporters.

Click here to apply now.

Thanks to support from donors, BIRN is providing 20 full scholarships for Balkan participants.

International journalists can apply for an early-bird fee until the May 15th.

This year, the school will have a strong focus on new trends and online tools for investigative journalists.

The lead trainer will be Blake Morrison, investigative projects editor for Reuters New York.