Alexandru Giboi is the Secretary General of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) and new lecturer on International Strategic Management at the Università della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland.

Elected by the General Assembly of EANA in September 2018, then reelected in October 2021, Alexandru Giboi had previously been the General Director and President of the

Directors’ Council of AGERPRES, the Romanian National News Agency. He was a member of the EANA Board between 2015 and 2018. Also, he was Secretary General of ABNA-SE – the Association of Balkan News Agencies between 2014 and 2018, and also acting President of the same organisation for one year between 2013 and 2014.
Alexandru Giboi is an experienced manager and PR expert. Passionate about organisational & societal evolution, he is also a global consultant and public speaker on topics like management, news agencies & news media in general, disinformation and information literacy & its impact on our societies. Strong business development professional skilled in Business Networking, Management, PR, Media & Stakeholder Relations, Crisis Management, Political Communication and Government.

Has delivered speeches and presentations at universities in Switzerland, Albania, Azerbaijan, Moldova and Romania as well as during multiple international events and conferences all over Europe & in the Middle East.

Alexandru Giboi is the co-founder of Evolution Consulting, a Swiss business intelligence company, and honorary president of the Evolution Society, a Swiss NGO focused on providing developing countries with tools needed for the overall evolution of their societies, especially concerning media development. “

Boris Raonic is from Podgorica, Montenegro. Graduated in law, during his studies he was one of the founders of the first NGOs in Montenegro. He worked as a journalist until 1999, and in 2000 he began his engagement in the civil sector.

He is the author of numerous texts in the field of dialogue, tolerance, political culture and dispute resolution, and was also the producer of several documentaries.

He was a member of the National Council for European Integration (Nacionalni savjet za evropske integracija), the governing bodies of several NGOs, the Council of the Agency for Electronic Media (Savjeta Agencije za elektronske medije), the Parliamentary Committee for Amendments to Electoral Legislation (Skupštinskog Odbora za izmjenu
izbornog zakonodavstva), the Ethics Committee of the Police Administration (Etičkog odbora Uprave policije) and several working groups for drafting legal solutions.

He is a member of numerous international networks in the field of political culture, human rights and leadership. He was the director of the School of Political Studies (Škola političkih studija).

Boris is also an international ski instructor, and his hobbies are mountain biking, basketball and football.

Dr. Daniel Höltgen is the Director of Communications at the Council of Europe, a position he has held since 2010. He has previously worked in senior positions for the German government and European Union. Daniel’s professional experience covers a range of sectors including human rights, interior affairs, fighting antisemitism, interfaith dialogue as well as transportation and aviation safety. He has worked extensively on crisis communications. Daniel is British and German and has a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and holds a diploma from the Catholic School of journalism in Munich.

Dr. sci. Lejla Turčilo is a full time professor at the Department of Communication Science/ Journalism at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, where she teaches courses in Media Theory, TV Journalism, Online Journalism and Media and Politics at the undergraduate and master’s degree level and Creation of New Public by PR and Online Media at the Doctoral Study. She has published four authored books, six co-authored books, as well as one manual and five research publications. She has published more than forty scientific and professional papers in Bosnia and Herzegovina and abroad. She is the head of the Center for Lifelong Learning at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Sarajevo and the head of the Department of Communication Science/ Journalism. Her field of interest is online communication, intercultural communication, media literacy and media freedom.

Milena Golubović is deputy executive director in the daily newspaper Pobjeda, published by Nova Pobjeda DOO.

Michelle Roverelli is Director of Member Relations and Communications at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

As part of the EBU’s senior leadership team, Michelle is responsible for Member and Institutional Relations, supporting EBU Members in 56 countries and championing the values and needs of public service media in Europe and beyond. Michelle also leads marketing, communications and events for the organization.

Rome native, Michelle joined the EBU in 2007 as a senior communications officer. She was appointed Head of Communications in 2011, and took over the responsibilities for marketing, branding and events in 2018 before being appointed Director.

Prior to joining the EBU, she held senior roles in two global public affairs and communications consultancies in Brussels and Geneva. She also has extensive experience with some of the most influential lobbies in Brussels.

Michelle is multi-lingual and graduated in Political Science from Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome; she also holds a Masters in EU Policy and Economics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Milka Tadić Mijović is a Montenegrin journalist, media executive and international human rights activist. She is one of the co-founders of the weekly Monitor, the first Montenegrin private and independent weekly magazine (September 1990). During the ‘90s, she was actively engaged in the anti-war movement.

She was the first journalist dismissed from job in Montenegro for articles critical of President Slobodan Milosevic’s nationalistic policies. Her wartime reports, analytical columns and radio and TV interviews, as well as investigative articles on organised crime and corruption in Montenegro and the region have been translated and published or quoted by leading international media.

She has received both numerous threats and journalistic excellence awards for articles exposing corruption and other government wrongdoings. Reporters without Borders included Mrs Tadic Mijovic in their first ever list of “100 Information Heroes” (https://rsf.org/en/hero/milka-tadic-mijovic).

She served on the Council of Europe Steering Committee on the Mass Media and as member of the Open Society Foundations Board in Montenegro and the Joint Commission on Media Policy of the Duke University & City of Vienna. She is a Courrier des Balcans Board member since 2010.

She holds a Master’s degree in political science and journalism from University of Montenegro, and a Bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Belgrade.

Milka Tadic Mijovic is president and journalist of the Centre for Investigative Journalism of Montenegro since 2016. Her investigative reporting articles are primarily focused on topics related to human rights, high-level corruption, rule of law, freedom of media and destruction of nature.

Nenad Zečević (1973, Podgorica, Montenegro) is chief executive officer (CEO) and editor-in-chief of Daily newspaper „Pobjeda“ from Podgorica, Montenegro.
In his almost 25 years long career, he performed the duties of editor, correspondent, author of expert analyzes and journalist. He has also worked in various media – from print to electronic media. His main areas of expertise are political and social analyzes for Montenegro, but also for Western Balkan region.
He was an editor-in-chief in Public broadcaster “Radio and Television of Montenegro – RTCG” (Podgorica, Montenegro) in 2001 and 2002.
He was a media consultant for European Union – Delegation of EU in Montenegro (Podgorica, Montenegro) in 2004 and 2005.
At the same time, he was also working as a journalist – correspondent from Montenegro for significant US media, “The Financial Times” (2004 – 2005) and “National Public Radio – NPR” (2004 – 2006).
Zečević was a full-time journalist and editor in Daily newspaper “Publika” (Podgorica, Montenegro) from 2005 to 2008.
He was one of the founders, journalist and editor in News website “Portal Analitika” from 2009 to 2014.
Last ten years Zečević is one of key names in Daily newspaper “Pobjeda”. He was journalist, editor and deputy editor-in-chief, before he became CEO and editor-in-chief in July 2024.

Oliver Vujovic is a co-founder of the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) and since 2000 has been SEEMO Secretary General. Vujovic worked as a journalist and Balkan correspondent for the Austrian daily Die Presse between 1991 and 2000, and as a freelancer for different media in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the UK. He also worked in the marketing department of the German company Henkel. He graduated in economics and is currently working on a PhD at the University of Vienna. Vujovic started his professional work as a journalist for Radio Indeks 202 (Radio Belgrade) in Belgrade (1988) and worked from the founding for Radio B92 in Belgrade (1989). In 2000 and 2001, he served as Director of the Vienna Balkan publication Südosteuropäischer Dialog, and Director and Advisor of the Kulturzentrum in Vienna.

Vujovic is also a founder and Deputy Director of the South-East and Central Europe PR Organisation (SECEPRO) in Vienna and of the International Institute – International Media Center in Vienna. He is also co-founder and Deputy Director of the International Academy in Belgrade. He is author, co-editor, editor, and publisher of numerous books, magazines, publications, research articles, and research papers.
Oliver Vujovic was member of different boards.
Currently he is member of the ECPMF (Leipzig, Germany) Supervisory Board.

Ralitsa Stoycheva is a Research Associate and Project Coordinator at the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Media Programme South East Europe. Her main topics of interest are digitalisation, social networks and their influence on society as well as on the foreign malign influence in the region. She obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science at Freie Universität Berlin and Master’s degree in Political Economy of European Integration at the Berlin School of Economics and Law. Currently, she is a PhD candidate at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.

Radka Betcheva is Head of Member Relations for Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) in the Directorate of Member Relations and Communications at the EBU. She has been working on strategic, advisory and policy issues related to EBU members since 2012.

She is extensively involved in supporting Public Service Media in Central and Eastern Europe to develop and defend their legal and financial frameworks. In addition, Radka Betcheva manages the EBU Partnership Programmes programme, which is designed to provide assistance to Members in challenging financial situations.
From 2005 to 2012 Ms Betcheva worked as a Head of the Media Programme in the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, supporting media reforms in the host country. She worked also with the UNMIK/OSCE Mission in Kosovo in 2004-2005. Her responsibilities embraced inter alia – work on improvement of media laws, Laws on PSM, Laws on Free Access to Information and harmonization of these Laws with other relevant Laws.
Ms Betcheva has 16 years of experience in Bulgarian public service broadcasting as a journalist, editor and executive producer and part time lecturer at the New Bulgarian University. Working in PSM for more than 16 years, Ms Betcheva knows the system from within and is familiar with the challenges and opportunities.
She speaks English, German, Russian, French, Serbo-Croatian, and Bulgarian.
She holds a masters degree in International Relations and Diplomacy from Tufts University, Boston, a masters degree in Economics from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, and a diploma in Journalism. In 2002-2003 she was awarded the prestigious Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University.

Born and raised in Sarajevo BiH. Graduated from Faculty of Journalism. Over 33 years of professional experience in media, strategic communication, communication strategies, conducting, overseeing, implementing and coordinating major awareness raising activities in BiH and in the Western Balkans (working within the EU, UN, US funded projects). Extensive experience in communication, working with media, journalists, civil society, political parties and governments, business community, public institutions, international organisations in BiH and the SEE. As a journalist, worked with Omladinski radio and Oslobođenje, later in in the war for within the correspondence offices of Youmiuri Shimbun and CNN. Worked with OSCE as Senior Media Advisor. Together with group of authors developed Media White Book for BiH. Was a President of IAA BIH- international advertising/media and PR association for BiH; a Cofounder and representative of BIH in South East Europe Media Organisation- SEEMO (working for 22 years with media and CSOs, youth in the Western Balkans); was a Chairwoman of the Stability Pact Media working group for BiH, member, Board of Directors ABC (Media research association), Member Board of Directors Balkan Youth Foundation, Director of the SECEPRO (South East Central Europe PR organisation for 30 countries in the region). For more than 22 years runs BORAM communication agency. In last 7 years works as Communication/ media expert for Ja bih u EU. In this role participated in development of Law on transparency of media Ownership in BiH and BiH Law on advertising. Works with media, journalists and youth within project Youth for Better Media, worked on project on digital harassment of female journalists within the project GoDIgital Against Harassment.

Vincenzo Le Voci is the Secretary-General of the Club of Venice, the network of the communications directors from the European Union member states and institutions and from countries candidate to the EU membership. He has fulfilled this role since 2011.
He is a longstanding European civil servant, having worked for the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU for 32 years. Since 2001 he is in the Directorate-General of Communication, where he is currently responsible for Transparency and Information Policy matters. Before joining the EU, he worked 7 years for NATO in administration management and logistics, as a US Air Force – DOD official.
Vincenzo owns a master degree cum lauda in foreign languages and literatures (University of Cagliari) and attended courses of modern history, European Integration and management in Belgium and at Maryland and MIT universities. He is giving lectures to universities and to international conferences on crisis communication, public diplomacy and capacity building in Europe and overseas.
He contributes articles and essays for communications and public diplomacy books and magazines. He is also the co-editor of four compendiums on public communication and, since 2013, a semi-annual review (Convergences) of the Club of Venice focused on the top communication challenges and priorities for governmental and institutional
communicators.
In 2018 Vincenzo was conferred by the University of Calabria and the Municipality of Ventotene (the home of Altiero Spinelli’s Manifesto) the Europa Prize “in recognition of his high commitment to communication and information aimed at encouraging andstrengthening public and diplomatic relations between governmental and institutional communicators”.

Having devoted my whole life to independent media and democracy, I can say that being a free journalist and managing free media will bring you a small victory of reliable information over fake news, a victory of the rule of law over corruption and cronyism, a victory of public interest journalism over yellow journalism and propaganda.
Independent and free journalism is ultimately a victory of ethics over depravity.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Board President at Vijesti Media Group, Podgorica
2018 — Present
Vijesti Media Group encompasses newspaper Vijesti, app and web portal Vijesti and TV Station Vijesti. According to the independent research, Vijesti is the most trusted TV Station, news app and web portal brand in Montenegro.
• Participated in board meetings to provide guidance and advice on strategic decisions and vision of Vijesti Media Group
• Collaborated with the board of directors to create a culture of transparency and accountability
• Guided the board of directors in making decisions that resulted in improved operational efficiency and cost savings
• Collaborated with the board of directors to ensure compliance with corporate governance standards

CEO at Daily Press, Podgorica
2007 — 2018
Daily Press, LLC is a publisher of Vijesti, the first independent daily news paper in Montenegro. Today, Daily Press encompasses publishing, printing and distribution operations.
• Day-to-day management of the company
• Grew the company’s revenue through effective marketing and sales strategies
• Negotiated key contracts with customers and vendors
• Established yearly objectives, areas of opportunity and goals related to sales and budgeting

Managing Editor at Daily Press (Vijesti), Podgorica
2001 — 2006
• Created an editorial calendar to plan and manage editorial policy and content production
• Managed and supervised Editor-in-Chef, a team of writers, editors and designers to produce high-quality content on a tight deadline
• Coordinated editorial and commercial side of publishing in the newspaper
• Led the biggest publishing project in the Western Balkans that resulted in the sale of 3 million books in Montenegro, The book collection included literary books, encyclopedias, art books, fiction, etc

Managing Director at Daily Press (Vijesti), Podogrica
1997 — 2001

Managing Director at Monitor, Podgorica
1994 — 1997
Monitor is a leading and only independent current affairs weekly news magazine on Montenegrin and regional politics, economics, society and cultural issues.
• Day-to-day management of the company
• Managed and supervised editor-in-chef

Editor-in-Chef at Alternative Informative Network (AIM), Podogrica
1993 — 1997
AIM was a network of journalists and media people from all over the former Yugoslavia that covered events during the wars in the former Yugoslavia.
• Created and managed editorial policy of the network.
• Coordinated the work of network journalists.
Journalist and Editor at Monitor, Podogrica
1991 — 1994

Editor Assistant at Monitor
1990 — 1991

Commentator at Radio France International (RFI), Desk for Yugoslavia,
Podogrica
1990 — 1994

Editorial Assistant at Nin Weekly Magazine, Belgrade
1990 — 1991
NIN was a leading current affairs weekly news magazine in the former Yugoslavia, focusing on domes-tic,regional and international politics, economics, and social issues.
• Coordinated and managed editorial content from Montenegro

Co-owner and Editor at KRUG, Podogrica
1989 — 1990
Krug was a first political magazine in Montenegro. The magazine covered issues related to society and the wars in the former Yugoslavia, with a strong anti-war emphasis.

HONORS
Transatlantic Leadership Network (TLN) award for commentary and criticism, Washington, D.C. September 2022
TLN is a nonpartisan, independent, international network of practitioners, private sector leaders and policy analysts dedicated to strengthening and reorienting transatlantic relations to the rapidly changing dynamics of a globalizing world, based in Washington, D.C..

Author of two books, Podgorica
• Montenegrin Disneyland (2002) – political satire, published in English and Montenegrin
• The Kite Runner (‘Lovac na zmajeve’) (2019) – book containing most notable columns published in newspaper Vijesti, from period 2010 to 2019

Adrian Mogoş is a freelance journalist and founder of the media platform newsromania.net. With extensive experience in investigative reporting as editor for the Romanian Centre for Investigative Journalism and the Jurnalul National daily, but also accredited as a researcher with the National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives, Mogos has devoted many investigations to critical environmental issues and has actively participated in regional investigative projects. Currently, he is running a cross-border journalistic project on illegal waste trade within Europe whose website (deseuri.newsromania.net) includes a valuable interactive map, created by geo-spatial.org, based on the data collected during the research which could represent a useful tool for future media projects. The jury recognised the high professional standards of Mogos’ work, his courageous endeavour and great commitment in raising public awareness on important questions, especially considering the difficult working conditions for a freelance journalist and the limited budget available in a complex media landscape. His work represents an excellent example for the young generation of investigative journalists.

Graduated in International Relations and Diplomacy at the University of Trieste, Barbara Fabro is Senior Executive Officer at the Central European Initiative (CEI) – Executive Secretariat. She is responsible for the CEI activities and programmes in the fields of intercultural cooperation and media. She is the Focal Point for the
CEI Parliamentary Dimension. She runs the CEI partnership with the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) in the context of the annual South East Europe Media Forum and coordinates the CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Journalism.
Previously, she was in charge of communication and media relations and coordinated the CEI working groups/networks of experts in the fields of culture, education, minorities, media. As short-term observer, she participated in OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Missions.

2003 – Present
President, investigative journalist
Coordinating all activities of the organization, leader of investigative teams, editor, investigator
Editor-in-chief of the news and investigation portal www.anticoruptie.md

Center for Investigative Journalism,
101/5, Sciusev, str. Chisinau, Moldova
Investigative Journalism, Communication, trainer in journalism, communication, open data, anticorruption, public procurement, human rights (traffic in humans, anti-discrimination, migration, torture, children’ s rights, women’s rights)
March 2010 – 2022
Freelance,
Author program “Your Right”
Radio Free Europe, 51A Alexandru cel Bun, Chisinau, Moldova

2009- Present
Lecturer
Taught investigative journalism
Free University of Moldova,

2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017
President of bachelor’s degree examination state commission, Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences, State University of Moldova

2018-2022
Trainer in communication

2009 – 2010
Investigative reporter
Newspaper Timpul de Dimineata, 22 Grigore Vieru Bd, Chisinau, Moldova

2003-2004
Editor
Investigative Department, Association of Independent Press, Chisinau, Moldova 15, Corobceanu Str.

2002-2003, 1997-2001
Head of News Department; senior reporter
State News Agency Moldpress, Chisinau, Moldova

1992-1997
Reporter
Weekly “Vocea poporului” , 129, 31 August, Str.

06/05/2019 – CURRENT Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Journalist Online magazine Žurnal
– writing investigative journalistic articles
– producing documentary films
01/06/2016 – 01/05/2019 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Realisator of the daily program Federal television of BiH
– Managing and broadcasting the daily television program
01/07/2015 – 31/10/2016 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

TV Journalist Federal television of BiH
– producing TV, journalistic segments
08/06/2014 – 31/05/2016 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Video wall operator Federal television of BiH
– video wall operator in Studio “D”
13/08/2013 – 31/05/2016 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Online journalist Federal television of BiH
– writing journalistic content
– processing and publication of agency news

Investigative journalist, media researcher and lecturer of Journalism and Communication. Mr. Luku received the scientific title “Associate Professor” in January 30, 2024 by the University of Tirana. Since November 2016 he holds a PhD in the field of media studies, focused in TV talk Shows in Albania. He is the author of the book “Talk
Show: In and behind scenes”. The author has been working for more than 17 years as a journalist and news editor in television, print and online media. Since 2018, he has been engaged with a series of investigative articles at MediaLook (www.medialook.al), where he holds the position of editor in chief. In 2021, The Union of Albanian Journalists awarded the “Vangjus Gambeta” price to Elvin Luku for his investigation about “The Luxury Car
Smuggling Scheme

Freelance Journalist
I collaborate with various european media, especially Voxeurop, as an investigative journalist. I conduct investigations on greenwashing through award-winning investigations on green finance that contribute to raise public awareness on the flaws of the regulatory system and the market practices which turn the flaunted protection of the environment into a subtle tool to make profits, undermining the global efforts towards the sustainable transition of our economy. These works have been published on various European media including The Guardian, Mediapart, Expresso, Domani Editoriale, Info Libre, Der Tagesspiegel, Nacional.
One of my transnational investigations on european sustainable finance regulation, showed greenwashing practices from a big italian asset manager, was published in five languages on Voxeurop and won the prestigious journalistic award “Covering Climate Now” 2024. Our latest investigation “How big finance greenwashes climate crisis culprits” recently won the the “Climate Misinformation Award” by the European Journalism Center.

PhD Scholar

I am a PhD scholar in economics at the Center for Development and Regional Planning at the Federal (CEDEPLAR) University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Goran Đurović is the director of the non-governmental organization Media Center (Podgorica, Montenegro). In the previous years, he has prepared models of media laws in Montenegro (Media Law, Law on Audiovisual Media Services and Law on Radio and Television of Montenegro -RTCG). He participated as a member of the working group in the drafting of the Medical Strategy and three media laws. He did several analyzes on the work of the Agency for Electronic Media, RTCG as well as media work environment in Montenegro. He was a member of the Council of Radio and Television of Montenegro since July 2009 until December 2017, nominated by NGOs. Goran Djurovic was a head of Montenegrin office of the regional EU project “Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organizations” (TACSO) in period September 2009. -November 2017. (www.tacso.org ). He graduated on the Law faculty on University of Montenegro. He has successfully completed a number of alternative education programs in the field of organizational development and democratic leadership. From 1999 to 2009 he was on positions of Program Director and Executive Director of the Centre for Development of NGOs (www.crnvo.me ). He was a President of the Managing Board of the Coalition of NGOs-By Cooperation towards the Goal in period 2006-2017 (www.saradnjomdocilja.org ). He is trainer and consultant in strategic planning, managing advocacy campaigns, project management, organizational management, fundraising, human resources development, etc… As a consultant in these areas is often engaged in various projects by non-governmental organizations, international intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, local government, state public authorities. He has given numerous lectures at national and international conferences on the topics of media freedom, public broadcaster functioning, development of NGOs and civil society and the state of the NGO sector in Montenegro, and has published several documents on the cooperation of the state and non-governmental organizations, citizen’s participation in decision making process.

Work experience
• Journalist and Fact-Checker – Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia CINS (apr 2023 – date)
• Journalist and Digital Marketing Manager – CINS (jul 2022 – apr 2023)
• Internship at CINS (mar – jul 2022)
• Executive Editor – portal Talas.rs (apr – oct 2021)
• Outreach coordinator and social media manager – Center for social dialogue and regional initiatives (jan 2020 – jun 2021)
• Project coordinator – Popular democracy – University of Belgrade, Faculty of Political Sciences and Westminster Foundation for Democracy (mar 2019 – dec 2020)

Journalist
BBC Serbian Service [ 14/03/2020 – Current ]
City: Belgrade | Country: Serbia
My responsibilities include covering breaking and developing stories in the Balkans region, news and feature writing,
field reporting, and producing and editing short digital videos and explainers. For the past six months, my duties
have also included producing text pieces for World Service Languages, providing original stories that can be
reversioned for the all the BBC language services.
In 2022-2023, I presented the BBC Eye Investigations documentary ‘Blood Brothers – The pro-Russian Serbians’. In 2024, I produced my second documentary “Kosovo Women Searching for Their Missing, 25 years on” for the the BBC 100 Women.
I have contributed to BBC World Service’s programmes, such as Newsnight (Belgrade Producer), Witness History and Weekend. Fluent in Russian, I occasionally contribute to the BBC Russian Service by producing text pieces, scripting and delivering podcasts.
Balkan Correspondent (Belgrade-based)
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – Russian Service [ 31/05/2019 – 14/03/2020 ]
City: Prague | Country: Czechia
As foreign correspondent for RFE/RL’ s Russian Service, I covered breaking and developing news stories from the
Balkans, delivering them for Russian audience. I covered political, military, economic and cultural cooperation
between Russia and Serbia. My responsibilities included producing news, feature and analytical pieces for digital and
radio, as well as writing a monthly opinion column.
Regional Correspondent (Belgrade-based)
Kosovo 2.0 [ 31/01/2018 – 14/03/2020 ]
City: Pristhina
I produced mostly in-depth stories on migration, politics, grass-root initiatives and culture in Serbian and English. In
2019-2020, I produced a documentary about refugees and migrats on the Balkan route (Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Greece, Serbia).
News Editor
European Western Balkans Portal [ 31/10/2019 – 14/03/2020 ]
City: Belgrade | Country: Serbia
As a news and content editor at the European Western Balkans Portal, I was responsible for overseeing
newsgathering and digital output for the EWB’s Serbian and English website. My duties involved assigning stories to
other team members, supervising their work and curating the weekly newsletter

Journalist
Vreme Weekly [ 30/04/2019 – 14/03/2020 ]
City: Belgrade | Country: Serbia
As a staff journalist for Vreme, I focused on producing news stories and features for our weekly issue, with special
focus on culture and foreign affairs. My duties also included conveying interviews for the political and culture section.
Fellow Journalist
Radio Free Europe/Radio Libertly [ 31/10/2018 – 29/06/2019 ]
City: Prague | Country: Czechia
During this Prague-based fellowship, I produced content for RFE’s Balkan and Russian Service digital platforms. The fellowship was an amazing training and development opportunity, which helped me deepen my understanding of writing short and long form for digital output, as well as video and radio production.

Journalist/writer
E-novine – 2011-2012
Journalist/researcher – 05/2015 to 09/2016
Balkan Insight/BIRN, Belgrade
· Offering ideas for stories;
· Wrote, edited and produced stories for multiple platforms, including Internet and digital channels.
· Performed research and checked all facts to maintain high standard of journalistic integrity of in-depth
investigations.
Journalist/researcher – 09/2016 to 08/2019
Insajder Production, Belgrade
· Production of news, analyses, and features on daily basis;
· Conduction investigations;
· Conducting interviews;
· Selection of news, analyses, and investigations to be published in English for the international audience;
· Translation and editing of news, analyses, and investigations for the international audience;
· Offering ideas for stories;
· Participation in production of Insajder’s investigations for TV broadcast.
Journalist/editor – 05/2020-today
Balkan Insight/BIRN, Belgrade

Sasa Lekovic is the President of NGO Investigative Journalism Center, based in Croatia. From 2015 to 2018 he was a president of the Croatian Journalists Association. He is freelance reporter, editor, trainer and media consultant from 2003 and Nacional weekly Assistant Editor-in-chief as well from 2024.

Lekovic is journalist for the past 45 years working in different position in local and national print media in Croatia. He is one of the founders of a Zagreb-based national daily “Jutarnji list”. He also has expertise in radio, TV and web media in Croatia as well in South East Europe region.

As a reporter and editor as well as a licensed investigative reporting trainer and lecturer he has worked with a few hundred of journalists and journalism students, mostly in South East Europe but also in other European countries as well as and in Armenia, Bangladesh, Israel/ Palestine, Nigeria…

Sasa Lekovic is one of the founders of Global Investigative Journalism Network.

Recently he is also Assistant Editor in Chief for international projects in Croatian weekly Nacional.