Latest News and Updates
08 May 2012 / 12:02
Journalists chart course at Vienna meeting
BIRNThe 2012 fellowship has got underway with a seminar in Vienna, where the reporters worked with a team of editors to fine-tune their proposals.
27 Apr 2012 / 10:34
Fellowship Introductory Meeting in Vienna
BIRNIn the course of this year’s Fellowship programme, starting with the introductory meeting on April 25 in Vienna, the ten selected journalists will examine the topic of Communities from different angles.
26 Apr 2012 / 14:12
Fellows for 2012 selected
The participants in the 2012 Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence have been selected.
29 Mar 2012 / 16:16
More than 100 Applications for the Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence Received
BIRNThis year’s competition for the Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence is closed as of today.
28 Feb 2012 / 15:55
Panel Debates Balkan Silence on Rape
A panel debate, “Penal policy on sexual violence and treatment of victims”, organized on February 24 in Podgorica, agreed that too little is being done to help victims come forward.
26 Dec 2011 / 14:01
BIRN Macedonia Promotes 2011 Fellowship
The promotion of this year’s collection of articles, entitled Justice: Rights and Wrongs in the Balkans, which wraps up the 2011 edition of the Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence, saw top Macedonian journalists and editors gather on December 19th at the Journalists’ club in Skopje.
13 Dec 2011 / 11:04
Kosovan Fellow Wins UN Journalism Prize
Selvije Bajrami, a journalist from Pristina who participated in the 2011 Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence, wins a United Nations’ journalism award.
25 Nov 2011 / 21:18
Bulgarian Journalist Wins 2011 Balkan Fellowship
Juliana Koleva, a journalist from Bulgaria takes first place in the 2011 Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence for her story about the treatment of asylum seekers in the region.
Bulgaria to Revise Asylum Policy
Sofia has taken the first steps towards stopping the use of detention centres for immigrants after the publication of a Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence report into the routine ‘jailing’ of asylum seekers in Bulgaria.
17 Oct 2011 / 09:15
2011 Fellow Wins Global Journalism Team Award
Stevan Dojčinović, a Serbian journalist who took part in the 2011 fellowship, is one of a team of journalists awarded the Daniel Pearl Global Investigative Journalism top prize.
About
About Us
In 2007, the Robert Bosch Stiftung and ERSTE Foundation initiated the fellowship programme, in cooperation with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, to foster quality reporting, initiate regional networking among journalists and advance balanced coverage on topics that are central to the region as well as to the EU
What is the Fellowship?
Journalists in the Balkans must now report on complex reform issues with regional and European dimensions. The fellowship provides editorial guidance, training and adequate funding to do so.
Our Partners
Prominent German and Austrian newspapers, Die Süddeutsche Zeitung and Der Standard, are media partners of the Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence programme
Contact Us
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Selection Committee
The Selection Committee is comprised of seven prominent media figures from the Balkans and Europe. Each year, committee members read, evaluate and select story proposals for the fellowship.
Fellowship Team
Editors and journalists from across the region and beyond all work together to make the Balkan fellowship a truly international experience. Scroll down this page for more information on our editorial team.
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