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“What Happened to all the Journalists Who Weren’t Afraid?”
Danica Ilic left Serbia to work for the BBC in London a decade ago. She…
The Year in Bad Reporting About the Balkans
Unfortunately, people continued to get paid to write pieces in “prestigious” newspapers that were utterly…
Petrit Selimi: When Twitter Diplomacy Fails
We’d all like to see more politicians engage with the public on social media. But…
How to Write About the Balkans
Begin with some dramatic, vaguely dangerous-sounding scenery. For instance, “steep cliffs plunging directly into the…