Network
Trainers and Panelists
Sheila Coronel
Director and Professor of Professional Practice at Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism
Helena Bengtsson
Helena Bengtsson is database editor for the News and Current Affairs Department at Sveriges Television, the national broadcasting company in Sweden.
Paul Bradshaw
Paul Bradshaw is a visiting professor in online journalism at City University London and Course Leader of the MA in Online Journalism at Birmingham City University, which he established in 2009.
Nick Davies
Nick Davies has been named Journalist of the Year, Reporter of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year for his investigations into crime, drugs, poverty and other social issues.
Drew Sullivan
Drew Sullivan is a journalist and media development specialist who has worked for almost a decade in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
Jeta Xharra
Jeta Xharra is the BIRN Kosovo Director and presenter and editor of the television debate show “Life in Kosova", a program that has for the last five years pushed out the boundaries of debate, opening up taboo subjects that Kosovo society previously shied away from discussing. It has become the most watched current affairs program in Kosovo
Gordana Igric
Gordana Igric is BIRN's Regional Director. She began her career as a journalist in Belgrade in 1981.
Oliver Vujovic
From 2000 Oliver Vujovic is the Secretary General of the South East Europe Media Organisation - International Press Institute affiliate
Gavin Rees
Gavin Rees is the director of Dart Centre Europe, a not-for-profit media organisation that is dedicated to supporting informed, innovative and ethical news reporting on violence, conflict and tragedy
Helen Darbishire
Helen Darbishire, Executive Director of Access Info Europe, is a human rights professional specialising in access to information, freedom of expression and media freedom
Randall Joyce
Randall Joyce has been a producer at CBS News for 25 years and has been working overseas since 1995
Paul Radu
Paul Radu is a freelance reporter and projects coordinator currently in residence at Stanford University in California as a Knight fellow
Ana Petruseva
Ana Petruseva is BIRN's Macedonia Country Director and Balkan Insight Managing Editor.
Faik Ispahiu
Faik Ispahiu has been involved in multi-media production and media development since graduating from the University of Pristina where he studied TV, film and theatre direction.
Summer School 2011
BIRN Summer School 2011: The Agenda
Day to day agenda of the Second Summer School, with all scheduled activities, trainers and lectures.
BIRN Summer School: Enrolment 2011
Please read application requirements for the BIRN Summer School of Investigative Reporting 2011.
BIRN Summer School 2011: Venue and Travel
The second BIRN Summer School of Investigative Reporting will take place at the Hotel Palace – Bellevue and ICEJ – International Centre for Education of Journalists, both in the centre of Opatija, Croatia. Hotel is just along Opatija’s central beach. This venue is one of the oldest and most beautiful hotels on the Opatija Riviera.