Author: SummBirn

Application for BIRN Summer School 2018 in Romania opens

The BIRN Summer School for investigative journalism will be held from 19 to 25 of August this year in Romania.

The school, in its ninth year, will again gather top journalists and editors from the Balkans and across the world to train reporters.

Click here to apply now.

Thanks to support from donors, BIRN is providing 20 full scholarships for Balkan participants.

International journalists can apply for an early-bird fee until the May 22th.

This year, the school will have a strong focus on new trends and online tools for investigative journalists.

The lead trainer will be Blake Morrison, investigative projects editor for Reuters New York.

Marija Ristic

Marija Ristic is an investigative journalist, with a decade-long experience in war crimes reporting, open-source research and emerging technologies.

She is currently a manager at Amnesty International Crisis Evidence Lab, running Digital Verification Corps – a network that supports Amnesty International teams in human rights documentation and fact-finding. Evidence Lab brings together investigators, engineers, developers and others to pilot new and expanding tools such as artificial intelligence, remote sensing, weapons identification and big-data analytics. Before joining Amnesty, Marija was an executive director of Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, leading media non-profit in Southeast and Central Europe. For her work as a journalist, she received numerous awards, including the Reporters Without Borders Annual Press Freedom award.  She graduated from Geneva Academy for International Humanitarian Law, as previously held fellowship positions at Columbia University New York and Free University Berlin.