Balkan Insight

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Balkan Insight
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
  • English
  • Greek
  • HeadquartersBelgrade, Serbia
    Websitebalkaninsight.com

    Balkan Insight is a website of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) that focuses on news, analysis, commentary and investigative reporting from southeast 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 from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Moldova, Romania and Serbia.[2]

    Reception

    Neue Zürcher Zeitung reported that Balkan Insight is a "highly regarded Internet portal"[4] and BIRN is "valued for its independence and seriousness".[5] In 2015, the journal Academicus International Scientific Journal reported 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 include

    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 newspaper Koha Ditore.[clarification needed][citation needed] In 2020, BIRN received the Press Freedom Award from the Austrian chapter of Reporters Without Borders.[6][7]

    Financing

    Donors to the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network include the European Commission (EC), the Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro, the Austrian Development Agency and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[8]

    References

    1. ^ from the original on 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
    2. ^ a b "About BIRN. About Balkan Insight". Balkan Insight. Archived from the original on 2020-01-08. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
    3. ^ from the original on 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
    4. ^ Simon Gemperli (2008-04-15). "Protektorats-Mitarbeiter, OSZE-Chef, Berater des Premierministers". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Archived from the original on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
    5. ^ Simon Gemperli (2008-05-09). "Medienförderung als Teil der Aussenpolitik". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Archived from the original on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
    6. ^ "Press Freedom Award geht an investigatives Netzwerk BIRN und Gründerin Gordana Igric | Reporter ohne Grenzen" (in German). Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
    7. ^ "BIRN Wins Austria's Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Award". Balkan Insight. 1 October 2020. Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
    8. ^ "Partner Network: Donors :: Balkan Insight". Balkan Insight. Archived from the original on 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2016-04-23.

    External links

    Media related to Balkan Insight at Wikimedia Commons