Balkan Investigative Reporting Network. Developing investigative journalism & media training in Southern and Eastern Europe. Flagship outlet: @balkaninsight
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🧵 Engaged Citizens Reporting is a journalistic method that helps us to tell stories with a strong human perspective by involving the community in our research.
🧵 Investigative journalism continues to play an essential role in documenting institutional failures, exposing abuses of power and revealing information that public bodies are sometimes unwilling to disclose.
We’re proud that in 2025, #BIRN’s journalists produced 398 investigations and received 20 awards. Behind every award was a story that affected people’s lives and questions that demanded answers. Explore the award-winning stories in BIRN’s Annual Report: birn.eu.com/wp-content/uploa…
The responses received from the readers help journalists investigate and illuminate the stories that matter from the perspective of the people who are personally affected by them. Find out more about the topics that were covered so far thanks to this tool: balkaninsight.com/engaged-ci…
📢 BIRN proudly presents the Network's key achievements, results, impact, challenges and lessons learned from 2025.
The 2025 reporting period coincided with an important milestone, as #BIRN celebrated two decades of investigative journalism in the region: shorturl.at/kVykT
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🧵 We remind you that Dragana Zarkovic Obradovic, @BIRNSrbija Director, will participate in an online panel at @Stanford, "A Captured Field, an Open Contest: Serbia's Upcoming Elections".
Participants:
- Dragana Zarkovic Obradovic, @BIRNSrbija
- Gazela Pudar Drasko, @IFDT_Beograd
- Rasa Nedeljkov, @CRTArs@
Moderator: Francis Fukuyama, @Stanford
📅 October 16, 9:15 PM – 10:30 PM (CET)
Registration is required: cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/event…
On October 13, the panel discussion “Free Access to Information Act in Practice: Problems and Challenges in Implementation,” organised by @BIRNCG, warned of ongoing abuse of access rights and lack of institutional transparency.
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Rights groups including #BIRN press Turkish authorities to cease sweeping internet restrictions and call on social media companies to resist censorship orders targeting journalists, independent media and civil society groups.
birn.eu.com/news-and-events/…
⏰ Final opportunity!
Send us your applications for the audience-engaged journalism grants today by 23:59 CET 👉 birn.eu.com/news-and-events/…
📧 In this month’s newsletter:
📌 Meet the People Behind BIRN - Donjeta Berisha, BIRN Hub's Programme Manager
📌 #BIRN news from across our network
📌 Balkan Insight stories that deserve a second look
📌 Our Autumn Guide: what to read, listen to and watch: mailchi.mp/birn/around-birn-…
The forum provided an opportunity to exchange experiences and discuss the challenges of building sustainable independent media. The panel brought together MOST project partners to share their insights into these issues and opportunities for independent media.
BIRN's 🇧🇦 correspondent @AzemKurtic, spoke to American students from the DIS study abroad programme in Copenhagen during their visit to Sarajevo, presenting #BIRN’s work across the region, its focus on transitional justice and the story behind the network’s development.
‼️ Only 5 days left to apply for audience-engaged journalism grants!
Hurry up and apply by October 12 - you could receive grants up to €4,700 and €9,400: birn.eu.com/news-and-events/…
📅 The deadline is October 12, and you receive grants up to €9,400.
Find out the details and submit your application now 👇
birn.eu.com/news-and-events/…
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If you need an idea for your citizens' engagement story, check our new Focus page on @BalkanInsight gathering stories from the past 5 years. 👇
balkaninsight.com/engaged-ci…