Journalists Who Cover BIRN

Adelina Ahmeti

Pristina, Kosovo

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I am a journalist, researcher, and assistant editor at BIRN Kosovo and the anti-corruption platform KALLXO.com. I began my career at BIRN in 2015 as an intern and later advanced to the role of senior journalist. Over the years, I have built a strong reputation for covering justice, security, and ...

Jaap Arriens

Warsaw, Poland

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Digital Video Journalist and photojournalist born in The Netherlands and raised in France and the US based in Warsaw working in Poland, Romania, Czech Repbublic and Ukraine. 

ENG stringer for Agence France Presse in Warsaw and stinger for video and photo for Xinhua.

Eraldin Fazliu

Pristina,

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Eraldin Fazliu is a journalist based in Prishtina.

Kreshnik Gashi

Pristina,

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Kreshnik Gashi is a journalist based in Pristina, .

Majd Helobi

Damascus, Syria

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TV-News Producer/work at the Regional Tensions Studies center 
 with extensive expertise in building and developing networks throughout the Middle East. I specialize in delivering exclusive news related to conflicts, civil wars, and extremist groups across the region. My work spans Iraq, Kurdistan,...

Mahmud Ibrahim Kwari

Kano, Nigeria

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Mahmud Ibrahim Kwari is a Journalist based in Kano, Nigeria. Mahmud is highly committed to attaining organizational goals through creativity and use of practical   experiences as well as trainings for effective and efficient result. As a Computer literate, Mahmud is adequately familiar with News ...

Samir Jeraj

London, United Kingdom

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Samir Jeraj is a journalist based in London, United Kingdom. He works as a Special Projects Writer for the New Statesman and has worked on freelance assignments for the Guardian, BBC News, Channel 4 News, The Metro, Inside Housing and the British Medical Journal. He co-authored The Rent Trap, a ...

Dariusz Kalan

Warsaw, Poland

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I'm a Warsaw-based journalist, media producer, fixer and translator working in Central Europe and the Western Balkans, most recently reporting exclusively for Der Spiegel.

As a reporter based in various locations—spanning Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest, and Sarajevo—I have covered nearly all major ...

Vladimir Kostic

Beograd, Serbia

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Vladimir Kostic is a journalist based in Beograd, Serbia.

Miodrag Marković

Beograd, Serbia

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Data journalist and data reporting analyst. I have worked more than two decades as a journalist, reporter, investigative journalist, and editor in news magazines, daily newspapers, and digital media. 
Besides my skills in journalism, I have programming skills in Python required for OSINT and data ...

Iryna Matviyishyn

Kyiv, Ukraine

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Independent Ukrainian journalist, local producer/ fixer based in Kyiv. 2024 Václav Havel Fellow at RFE/RL.
Iryna has produced stories for NPR, Time magazine, The Times, Le Figaro, La Vie, La Presse, Tribune de Genève, Dispatch, and other outlets. As a reporter, she has contributed to the BBC, La ...

Marko Milosevic

Belgrade, Serbia

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I am a DoP, ENG cameraman and documentary photographer, based in Belgrade, Serbia.
Working for Serbian national television as ENG cameramen, I have shot more than a 3500 interwiews,
cultural events, breaking news, etc. As a DoP and camera operator, I have worked on feature documentary and short ...

Madalin Necsutu

Chișinău, Moldova

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I am a Romanian journalist based in Chisinau, Moldova, since 2015. My area of expertise is politics and investigations. However, I wrote features, analysis, interviews and news in English for several foreign media outlets from Europe and Caucasus. I covered also economics and social topics.

Ivana Nikolic

Belgrade, Serbia

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Ivana Nikolic is a journalist based in Belgrade, Serbia.
Work experience
•	June 2019 – present 
Fixer and mentor on the documentary project of the British documentary filmmaker Joseph Shawyer. Responsible for finding interviewees, translations, etc.
•	June 2018 – present
Eastern European ...

Darko Popovic

Beograd, Serbia

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I am an experienced journalist currently working for a local multi-media news agency with an online presence in Serbia. I have also worked in radio and print media. 
I can also provide still pix.

Visar Prebreza

Pristina,

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Visar Prebreza is a journalist.

Jelena Prtoric

Zagreb, Croatia

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Jelena Prtoric is a journalist based in Zagreb, Croatie.

Albena Shkodrova

Leuven, Belgium

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Albena Shkodrova is a journalist and writer, based in Bruxelles, Belgium. 
After beginning her career as a political journalist and analyst, she has established herself as a travel and food writer, publishing articles in her native Bulgaria and in the international press. For the last seven years ...

Yagiz Alp Tekin

İstanbul, Turkey

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I am an investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker based in Turkey and Netherlands. 

Graduated from King's College London with Philosophy BA, London School of Economics with MSc in Political Theory

● British Council Alumni of the Year Finalist Award for Media and Creativity
● Global ...

Aleksa Tešić

Belgrade, Serbia

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Aleksa Tešić is an investigative journalist working for BIRN Serbia, covering mostly topics about surveillance, digital rights, technology in Serbia and Balkan region. He has worked on many stories regarding NSO Group, China's surveillance systems, EU privacy regulations and refugee monitoring. He ...

Brejdon Xhavara

Tirana, Albania

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Brejdon Xhavara is a journalist based in Tirana, Albania.
My experience in journalism includes a three-year work at Mapo, Standard, Roma and Egyptian Activism, Albanian Radio and Television (RTSH 2) and Informim.al where I initially worked as an intern then as a journalist, giving a great deal of ...