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Introducing the Regional Jury of the EU Investigative Journalism Awards 2025

Meet the people behind the choice for the best investigative stories in the Western Balkans and Türkiye As the national ceremonies for the EU Investigative Journalism Awards 2025 take place, we are proud to present the members of the jury responsible for evaluating the entries in the regional category. Regional awards were first introduced in 2023 with the goal of recognising investigative stories that

Albania, TV Apollon: Business-to-business as a new development model

TV Apollon
TV Apollon, a local broadcaster from the town of Fier, expanded its commercial approach by partnering up with four organisations in a business-to-business (B2B) model. But also improved the quality and relevance of its content by focusing on issues that are underreported (e.g., environment, racism, women’s right). “TV Apollon’s business idea had two main components. First, to assess what we have been doing in

How to coordinate website redesign project for small outlets: Lessons learned and mistakes made

01 Danilo Bajraktarevic - How to coordinate website redesign project for small outlets
When we started the project “Media for All”, all of us working together had one thing in common, which led to one goal, and that is to help create possibilities, drive improvements and expand existing capacities within the media outlets.  Program itself was challenging, bold and exciting. It brought something quite new, at least in this form for our Western Balkans partners and in

Serbia, Boom 93: Innovations for better future 

Under the motto “Think globally – act locally!” Boom 93, a radio station and web portal from the town of Požarevac in the eastern Serbia, successfully implemented its business plan: opened an online shop for branded merchandise, activated its members club, and introduced its mobile apps for Android and iOS operating systems.  Since 80% of website traffic comes from mobile devices, Boom 93 management

Effective communication tools for media leaders

01 Effective communication tools for media leaders
One of the issues that many Newsrooms face is an amateur approach to management. Often, media organisations are run by people who might have been brilliant journalists in the past, moved up in the ranks but have never had any formal leadership training. This means that their approach to management becomes a lottery: some are natural leaders, others find management an unwelcome chore distracting

Serbia, KrusevacGrad: New knowledge for a safer future

TV-krusevac
KrusevacGrad, a small local outlet based in the town of Kruševac in central Serbia, managed to increase commitment and engagement of the community, as well as to develop new advertising packages for local businesses, by advancing technical capacities and team’s knowhow.  Namely, the new website, result of Media for All intervention, is mobile-friendly and more interactive compared to the old one. Also, capacity building

North Macedonia, TV M: Increased traffic through audience engagement

Regional broadcaster TV M from the lakeside town of Ohrid successfully implemented project You are your city aimed at bringing citizens closer to the outlet by encouraging them to become citizen journalists. The idea is to increase the volume of advertisers, which means to increase outlet’s revenue, by increasing TV M website traffic, reach, and visibility, on one side and TV channel viewership, by

Albania, DurrësLajm: The voice of Durrës

The small online outlet from the town of Durrës successfully implemented its business plan – developed locally relevant content, improved its technology base, and increased traffic and revenues. “The project had effects on two levels – social and business,” Stela Likmeta, project coordinator and journalist at DurrësLajm, said. On a social level, as she pointed out, they “increased the number of online events and

Magločistač, Subotica: Brave female journalists that make difference

Magločistač is a local niche media outlet from Subotica, Serbia, that reports on important and fact-based topics none of their competition in the Serbian north dare to report. An added value of this mission-lead media is female leadership. It was established by two professional journalists – Mirana Dmitrović and Natalija Jakovljević, and through the “Media for All” support they added another two women –

Amfora Media, innovative ways to get the audience engaged

01 Amfora media
When Geri Emiri was studying journalism back in 2016, he really wanted to get engaged in reporting on cultural and social issues for big media outlets. He never imagined that a few years later he would initiate a new online outlet focused on cultural and archaeological reporting and that he would be successful in attracting the audiences interested in these topics.  Yet, the form

Kosovo, RTV Puls: Spotlight on small municipalities

RTV PULS
RTV Puls, a local outlet from Šilovo/Shillova, produced live shows about five rural municipalities in Kosovo focusing on their potentials for local tourism, and to raise awareness about the main issues people are facing. The TV programme aimed to better present five municipalities with Serbian majority in Kosovo (Štrpce/Shtërpcë, Klokot/Kllokot, Parteš/Partesh, Novo Brdo/Novobërdë, and Ranilug/Ranillug). With the help of the Media for All project
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