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Balkan Insight distinguishes itself among other news publications in southeast Europe by its independence and accuracy, and also by ability to draw on a large pool of journalists throughout the region, across national borders. Balkan Insight’s independent, cross-border coverage of international issues helps counteract the radical “Balkanization” of journalism in southeast Europe that mirrored “Balkanization” along national and other political lines after 1990.
Sections of the publication include In Brief, Analysis, Comment, Investigation, Business Insight and Justice Report.
- In Brief articles are short, quick-read news stories supplemented by concise analysis. They
are published on a real-time basis throughout the week.
- Analysis articles are longer stories, typically 900-1000 words in length, describing an event or trend in southeast European news and reporting from an analytical perspective.
- Comment articles are opinion pieces contributed by a wide variety of high-quality analysts, frequently well-known journalists, policy experts and economists from southeast Europe and elsewhere.
- Investigation articles are Balkan Insight’s longest, most research-intensive articles. These are frequently the fruit of long and difficult investigation, often involving more than one journalist in more than one location.
- Business Insight articles cover business and economic news in an analytical manner. They are similar in length to Analysis articles. BIRN aims ultimately to expand Business Insight into a publication in its own right, a market-leading subscription-based newsletter covering international business and economic trends in southeast Europe. For this purpose, BIRN recruited in 2007 a board of editorial advisors whose members include some of the region’s most respected market economists and business leaders, some of whom have contributed opinion pieces to Balkan Insight.
- Justice Report articles are linked into Balkan Insight online from another BIRN publication, Justice Report, which provides in-depth coverage of war crimes trials ongoing in republics of the former Yugoslavia.
Balkan Insight occasionally publishes special editions, focusing on a particular theme, issue, territory or major event such as an election.
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