Balkan Insight
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| Type | Regional news website |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Balkan Investigative Reporting Network |
| Founded | 2004 |
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| Headquarters | Belgrade,Serbia |
| Website | balkaninsight |
Balkan Insightis a website of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) that focuses on news, analysis, commentary and investigative reporting fromsoutheast Europe.It is run by journalists in southeast Europe. BIRN was founded in 2004 as a network of non-governmental organisations to promote a strong, independent, and free media in Southern and Eastern Europe.[1][2]Balkan Insight is the successor of BIRN's "Balkan Crisis Report" newsletter.[3]BI reports fromAlbania,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria,Croatia,Kosovo,North Macedonia,Montenegro,Moldova,RomaniaandSerbia.[2]
Reception[edit]
Neue Zürcher Zeitungreported that Balkan Insight is a "highly regarded Internet portal"[4]and BIRN is "valued for its independence and seriousness".[5]In 2015, the journalAcademicus International Scientific Journalreported that Balkan Insight was "the leading news site covering the Western Balkans Region", and often published opinions from international leaders.[1]According to Robin Wilson, Balkan Insight is a valuable source of objective analysis of ex-Yugoslav countries, in contrast to Yugoslav media that split up along nationalist lines. Wilson stated that BI attracts quality contributors and maintains separation between reporting and opinion.[3]
BIRN journalists and reports that have received awards includeKrenar Gashiand the BIRN investigative team, who won the Best Print/Online Story of 2006 for "Ex-Policemen Run Kosovo Passport Scam" handed out by the Association of Professional Journalists of Kosovo.Arbana Xharrawas the winner of the 2006 journalism competition organized by theUnited Nations Development Program(UNDP),Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe(OSCE) and Kosovo Anti-Corruption Agency; for her reporting on corruption in both Balkan Insight and the Kosovo daily newspaperKoha Ditore.[clarification needed][citation needed]In 2020, BIRN received the Press Freedom Award from the Austrian chapter ofReporters Without Borders.[6][7]
Financing[edit]
Donors to the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network include theEuropean Commission(EC), the Delegation of theEuropean UniontoMontenegro,theAustrian Development Agencyand theNorwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[8]
References[edit]
- ^abPopovska, Biljana; Ristoska, Zhanet (2015)."Process of Reconciliation in a Postconflict Macedonia".Academicus International Scientific Journal.VI(11): 63–76.ISSN2079-3715.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-05-26.Retrieved2021-05-26.
- ^ab"About BIRN. About Balkan Insight".Balkan Insight.Archivedfrom the original on 2020-01-08.Retrieved2019-09-09.
- ^abWilson, Robin (2018-07-30).The Northern Ireland experience of conflict and agreement: A model for export?.Manchester University Press. p. 64.ISBN978-1-5261-3101-0.Archivedfrom the original on 2022-01-20.Retrieved2021-11-27.
- ^Simon Gemperli (2008-04-15)."Protektorats-Mitarbeiter, OSZE-Chef, Berater des Premierministers".Neue Zürcher Zeitung.Archivedfrom the original on 2016-04-23.Retrieved2016-04-23.
- ^Simon Gemperli (2008-05-09)."Medienförderung als Teil der Aussenpolitik".Neue Zürcher Zeitung.Archivedfrom the original on 2016-04-23.Retrieved2016-04-23.
- ^"Press Freedom Award geht an investigatives Netzwerk BIRN und Gründerin Gordana Igric | Reporter ohne Grenzen"(in German).Archivedfrom the original on 30 October 2020.Retrieved1 October2020.
- ^"BIRN Wins Austria's Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Award".Balkan Insight.1 October 2020.Archivedfrom the original on 6 May 2022.Retrieved1 October2020.
- ^"Partner Network: Donors:: Balkan Insight".Balkan Insight.Archivedfrom the original on 2016-04-07.Retrieved2016-04-23.
External links[edit]
Media related toBalkan Insightat Wikimedia Commons