Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN)

LAST CHANCE! ⏳ Apply by January 16 for our exclusive regional exchange programme! You could work with the Centre for Investigative Journalism of Montenegro (CIN CG) for a month! ✔️ Journalists/editors from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia can apply. What are you waiting for? Click to learn more and submit your application: https://shorturl.at/myljU

We present our colleagues who were awarded for their work in 2024! 🏆 Vladimir Karaj from Reporter.al/BIRN Albania and Anesti Barjamemaj of Voice of America won the EU Investigative Journalism Award in Albania, 1st prize 🥇 for their investigation into environmental crime at the Sharra landfill, exposing toxic waste discharges into the Erzen river: https://lnkd.in/g-WvKVS7 Well done! 👏

📢 Open call! We're looking for a Digital Rights Monitor from Croatia! 🇭🇷 ❗ Minimum Qualifications: A Bachelor’s degree in journalism, digital rights, law, media studies, or a similar field is required, along with a proven interest and experience in working on human and/or digital rights projects as well as in research, writing and analytical work. If you want to join our team, apply by January 25 here: https://lnkd.in/dbPiwQat

🥳 Last year, our journalists and editors won a record 21 awards! We're very proud of all our colleagues, and this way, we want to present you with the awards they received. 🏆 Nino Bilajac, a BIRN BiH (Detektor.ba) journalist, won the EU Investigative Journalism Award in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1st prize 🥇, together with freelance Selma Ucanbarlic, for their work on the pyramid scheme of eMagnetix that cost many people their investments: https://lnkd.in/dMbY3TmN Bravo, Nino, keep up the excellent work! 🤩👏

⭐ Meet the People Behind BIRN ⭐ Each month, we present you with one of our colleagues. 🤗 Ivana Pavlovic's professional path has been very interesting: from gaining a BA degree in journalism and an MA in Economic Analysis and Politics to working as an economic journalist, a deputy general manager at Business Info Group, publisher of the business news outlet Nova ekonomija, among other things, and now Head of Strategic Planning at BIRN Ltd 📈👉https://lnkd.in/dBF-JSuX

2024 was a rather difficult but very productive year for us, evidenced by our 21 journalistic awards. It is, therefore, the right time to reflect on what we achieved—and here are just a few highlights ➡️ https://shorturl.at/Iqajc We hope 2025 will be a happy, prosperous and peaceful! 🍀

⏳ January 16 is the deadline for application for our exclusive one-month regional exchange programme! One journalist/editor will have an opportunity to work with the Centre for Investigative Journalism of Montenegro, the host media for this call. 🔹 Who can apply? We invite journalists/editors from five Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia) to apply. 🔹 How can you apply, and what do we offer? Find out here: https://lnkd.in/gpAd7vsW

📢 Hurry up! There are just a few days left to apply for the n-ost - Network for border crossing journalism call for pitches - Cross-Border Economic Reporting! We are especially interested in data-driven, multi-media, and cross-border stories from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Find out what we offer you: https://lnkd.in/e89fgu_7

🗣️ This week, our BIRN Macedonia (Prizma BIRN) team met with experts and government representatives to discuss digital rights in the country. What was presented at the consultative meeting, find out here: https://lnkd.in/dX8MVVEC

📢 Join our team! We have an open call for you at the end of this year! 😉 If you are from Croatia and want to work with us on a Digital Rights Monitor position, find out more about this job and how to apply: https://lnkd.in/dbPiwQat 📅 Deadline for application: January 10