BIRN Summer School Day 4: Scaling Up Investigations
On the fourth day of BIRN’s Summer School, trainers advised the journalists on how to pitch stories, structure investigative projects and use technology to assist their work.
BIRN Summer School Day 3: Interviewing Techniques and Sourcing
On the third day of BIRN’s Summer School, journalists heard how to harness the power of social media, carry out interviews and develop sources for stories.
BIRN Summer School Day 2: Social Media for Investigators
On the second day of BIRN’s Summer School, journalists learned how to creatively structure stories and use various databases and other investigative tools.
Seventh BIRN Summer School Begins in Bosnia
BIRN’s latest Summer School kicked off on Monday with interactive sessions on data journalism and fact-checking.
Pulitzer Winner Hosts Sessions at BIRN Summer School
This year’s BIRN Summer School of Investigative Reporting will be held from August 21 to 27 in Konjic in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Journalists Bid for Investigation Fund
After a week-long training programme in investigative reporting, the journalists at the sixth BIRN Summer School presented their own ideas for stories.
Summer School Day 4: ‘TV is Run by Emotions’
On the fourth day of the BIRN Summer School, journalists heard how to do a successful interview, organise an investigative project and produce an investigation for television.
Summer School Day 3: Storytelling with Data Visualisation
The third day of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network’s 2015 Summer School continued with lectures about investigative storytelling techniques and data visualisation.
Summer School Day 2: Tracking Offshore Companies
On the second day of BIRN’s Summer School, journalists heard how to find information about offshore companies, analyse data, use open source information and Freedom of Information laws.
Sixth BIRN Summer School opens in Albania
BIRN Summer School for Investigative Reporting opened in Durres, Albania, with a plea to journalists to channel their curiosity.
Deadline Looms for Summer School 2015 Scholarship
Journalists from the Balkans have until Monday August 3 to apply for a scholarship for BIRN’s Summer School of Investigative Reporting.
BIRN Summer School 2015 in Albania
Described recently as “Europe at its best” by the New York Times, the beautiful Albanian Riviera is the BIRN Summer School destination for 2015.
BIRN Stories Win Awards in Macedonia
The Macedonian Media Institute on Thursday presented the awards for best investigative stories for 2014. First prize went to Ljubisa Arsic of the weekly Fokus for a series of stories named “Secret manufacturing plant for passports”.
BIRN Summer School Chooses Winning Stories
The three best stories proposed by participants in this year’s Summer School were selected by the jury and will get financial backing from BIRN’s investigative reporting fund.
Summer School Day 4: Collaborative Reporting on Social Media
Social media can be an important tool for investigative journalists, the fourth day of the BIRN Summer School in Montenegro heard.
