A project aiming to provide systemic support to improve the quality and professionalism of journalism in the Western Balkans and Türkiye through a holistic and complementary set of interventions. They include tailored capacity-building support, a competition for investigative reporting, production grants, innovative journalism study programmes, support for cross-border investigation stories and investigative journalism support.
Western Balkans & Türkiye
European Union
1st January 2023
Two years
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye
BIRN Hub, BIRN Kosovo, Media Association of South East Europe (MASE) from Montenegro, Independent Trade Union of Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM) from North Macedonia, Association of Journalists / Gazeteciler Cemiyeti from Turkey, Central European University - Centre for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) and University Goce Delcev from North Macedonia.
Investigative journalism; capacity building; independent media;