News and Updates
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.
2011 Fellows Complete Competition Articles
Participants in this year’s Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence have submitted their investigation write-ups by the September 1 deadline, ahead of the selection committee vote in November.
Balkan Journalism Fellowship Opens in Vienna
The 2011 Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence programme got under way on Tuesday, as ten journalists from across the region attended an opening seminar in Vienna.
Meet Our 2011 Fellows
The following applicants have been chosen by our independent selection committee (link) to participate in this year’s fellowship.
BIRN Macedonia Promotes Fellowship Programme
The promotion of this year’s collection of articles, Taboo: Secrecy and Shame in the Balkans, which wraps up the 2010 edition of the Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence, gathered leading Macedonian journalists and editors on December 21 at the Journalists’ club in Skopje.
Topic
Topic 2011: Justice
The topic for this year’s programme is justice and fellows are investigating subjects as diverse as privatisation, organised crime, employment law, rape convictions and extradition treaties.
Fellows 2011
Articles
Diary
19 Dec 2011 / 16:56
Alumni Funding: Opportunities for Years to Come
19 Dec 2011 / 16:44
‘A Perfect Opportunity to Take Your Story a Level Further’
09 Nov 2011 / 10:41
The Fellowship: ‘It Was Worth It!’
23 Sep 2011 / 12:38
Macedonia’s American Dream
22 Sep 2011 / 09:55
EU Rules Benefit Croatian Jobseekers
20 Sep 2011 / 10:51
The Fellowship Endgame
14 Sep 2011 / 10:45
Sofia’s Schengen Compromise
12 Sep 2011 / 12:44
The Story Ends, Almost
08 Sep 2011 / 10:30
The Final Countdown
03 Aug 2011 / 11:29
UK Rape Survivors Demand Justice
Vienna 2011: Fellowship Programme Guides
There are three key phases in the programme, check out the BFJE 2011 guides on how to organise and present your investigation.
Phase One: Research and Preparation (May)
Phase Two: Reporting (June and July)
Phase Three: Legal, Writing and Editing (August)
Presenting Your Investigation Online
