It is a joint journalistic initiative of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, the Electronic Media School and the Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO). The project aimed at training of multimedia skills, intercultural exchange between young professionals, and the collective development of a journalistic product about media freedom in South East Europe.

13 young journalists took part in a multimedia workshop in Berlin. They also visited Belgrade, Podgorica and Sarajevo in order to get insights into the work of the journalists in the Balkans.

Online articles, interviews, photos and short movies can be found on www.voiceofthebalkans.com. The website was developed at the Electronic Media School in Potsdam-Babelsberg. More information on the investigative journey of the participants in the project is also available on Twitter ( @voiceofbalkans) and Facebook ( "Voice of the Balkans"). In social media they were reporting about protests in Bosnia and Herzegovina, about an assassinated journalist in Montenegro and on the question if Twitter is an alternative to conventional media in Serbia.

More about the project here and here.