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Robots can’t write headlines: How journalists are learning to work with AI

From fact-checkers to editors, reporters across the region are discovering AI’s benefits, and drawing firm ethical lines to protect journalistic quality. As part of preparing this article, we recorded a 30-minute interview in Slovak, transcribed it with Google’s Pinpoint, and used Gemini to translate the transcript into English. This made the work with the text much easier and saved us considerable time. Journalists are

Bosnia and Herzegovina, eTrafika: First photo stock platform in the country

Banja Luka based outlet eTrafika.net successfully implemented their business plan to open the first photo exchange platform, Foto Baza, in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The long-awaited project finally saw the light of the day thanks to the Media for All (MfA) project. Namely, the idea for the photo exchange platform was not created especially for the MfA project. As the editor-in-chief of eTrafika, Vanja

Serbia, Nova Ekonomija: Transfer of accumulated knowledge through online courses

Belgrade based niche outlet Nova Ekonomija is broadening its portfolio by expanding its work in the sphere of online education. Namely, taking into consideration their expertise, previous experience, and the market potential, Nova Ekonomija, as a main segment of their Media for All business plan, developed an e-learning platform and prepared three courses. “Our business model is based on many years of experience in

Albania, Info Elbasani: Special focus on environmental journalism

Several burning ecological problems from the region of Elbasan were resolved thanks to the proactive reporting from the local online portal Info Elbasani. This was achieved thanks to the Engaged Citizens Reporting (ECR) tool that helped the outlet to establish functional synergy with the citizens and non-governmental organizations from the region. ECR tool is an online questionnaire that gives citizens an opportunity to suggest

Montenegro, MINA news agency: Raising awareness on the Roma and Egyptian community issues

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The private news agency MINA focused its work on informing the public about the issues that the Roma and Egyptian (RE) community in Montenegro are facing. By using the Engaged Citizens Reporting (ECR) tool, an online questionnaire that gives citizens opportunity to suggest topics, provide documents, and testimonials, and with the help of non-governmental organizations and RE activists, MINA News Agency identified the key

Fact-checking platforms as sources for journalists: How to get to the ‘unproblematic’ fact

01 Fact-checking platforme kao izvori za novinare
“President Barack Obama was born in the United States. Period,” Donald Trump said during his attempt to enter the White house in the late summer of 2016. For years, he claimed that Obama was born in Kenya, which would have obvious consequences, because the American president must be born in of one of the American federal states. If it were not so, both of

Vladimira Dorčova Valtner: Person of the year 2021 in Serbia, according to the OSCE

Vladimira Dorčova Valtner is the winner of the Person of the Year Award in 2021 for an outstanding contribution to the development and promotion of ethical journalism, freedom of expression and especially information in the languages ​​of national minorities. After a successful journalistic and editorial career in her home town of Maglić, Vladimira, whose mother tongue is Slovak, founded the Storyteller, a portal published

Serbia, TV Forum: Youth and young females as content generators

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In the previous months young people from Prijepolje, located on the Serbian south-west, were involved in television content production initiated by the local outlet TV Forum. Fifteen high school students have gone through media training, whilst four of them stayed working as summer interns, as a part of the business development project implemented by this trusted and well recognized media. The goal of their

North Macedonia, KumanovoNews: Regional news leader

KumanovoNews, a small outlet based in the northeastern town of Kumanovo, is slowly, but steadily, growing into a regional news leader. Thanks to the support received through the Media for All project this small online portal manages to increase and expand its media production. As a result of the material and know-how support KumanovoNews expand their portfolio and focus on creating multimedia content. Since

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tacno.net: Introducing new and attractive formats

Mostar based online outlet Tacno.net started with the production of podcasts and short video stories in order to enrich its content and strengthen social media visibly. These activities are just part of Tacno.net business plan which is multilayered and focuses on several intertwined segments – straightening social media presence, enriching its content, and launching web-shop and online bookstore.   So far, the first two activities

Kosovo, ÇOHU/Preportr: Focusing on green agenda with citizens help

In their everyday reporting investigative outlet ÇOHU/Preportr heavily depends on a two-way communication with the citizens. In order to obtain the necessary data, they need to have a secured and reliable channel of communication with its readers. This is especially important for investigative outlets like ÇOHU/Preportr that go one step further in disclosing illegal activities. Thanks to the implementation of the Engaged Citizens Reporting
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