SEEMO/IPI to hold Investigative Journalism Days

VIENNA, May 11 – The South East Europe Media Organization (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East and Central Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), said that the First South East and Central Europe Investigative Journalism Days will be held in Becici/Budva, Montenegro, from 24 – 26 May 2010.
It is being organized in cooperation with the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC).
The SEEMO Vienna office has registered more than 60 leading investigative journalists from across South East and Central Europe for the First South East and Central Europe Investigative Days, as well as Montenegrin CEOs, editors-in-chief and leading journalists – all of whom strongly welcomed the event:
The aim of the First South East and Central Europe Investigative Days is to help foster better communication, cross-border cooperation, the exchange of information among leading investigative journalists from South East and Central Europe and the discussion of difficulties faced by investigative journalists when reporting on certain topics. The local partner is Publishing Group Vijesti Daily from Montenegro.
This is the first time SEEMO is organizing the South East and Central Europe Investigative Journalism Days and preparations have already begun for the Second South East and Central Europe Investigative Journalism Days which will be held in 2011 in Serbia, and for the Third South East and Central Europe Investigative Journalism Days – to be held in 2012 in Moldova.