Jeta Xharra Email & Phone Number

Kosovo

After starting with fewer than five staff, BIRN Kosovo has since evolved into a comprehensive media organisation, employing journalists and editorial, administrative and technical staff in the production of high-quality investigative and analytical reporting. BIRN Kosovo now fields a team of 45 fulltime professionals as well as 16 local and international.

I worked as a trainer in war reporting, post-conflict journalism, investigative reporting skills, setting up media regulative bodies in Lebanon, working with invited by MaharatFoundation, a media-developing NGO and Donbas Media Forum in East Ukraine.

Kosovo

"Jeta ne Kosove/Life in Kosova" is the most watched current affairs program in Kosova that is broadcast on prime time every Thursday at 20:20 on Kosova's public TV, RTK. Profiled in NEw York TImes, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/world/europe/30iht-letter30.html?pagewanted=all "Life in Kosovo" is a groundbreaking program that tackles some of Kosovo’s.

Kosovo

KOSID is a Consortium of Kosovo’s leading CSOs, from think tanks to independent media organizations to organizations that work with local communities. All member organizations work toward Kosovo’s sustainable development. The idea was to come together under one umbrella and use the skills that each organization harbors individually, to be more efficient in.

Kosovo

I set up the IWPR office in Kosova and was the Kosova corespondent for Balcan Crisis Report. I published two highly regarded investigations: "Kosovo Sex Industry" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/balkanhr/message/4352 and "Kosovo's Wild West" http://iwpr.net/report-news/investigation-kosovos-wild-west were published under IWPR.

Was responsible for assisting the Newsgathering Planning team in coordinating work between different BBC Bureaus in the world, updating the BBC diary of events for planned news events that each bureau was covering and coordinating the requests of different BBC radio programs for BBC foreign correspondents placed in the field. In addition, I filed a radio.

Was responsible for contacts between the KLA and the BBC, I was a fixer, local producer and translator for BBC special correspondents such Jeremy Bowen, Kate Adie, David Loyn and Ben Brown. I was a local producer and translator of Vaughan Smith when he filmed the only footage of Jashari compound battle in March 1998 when more than 50 people, mostly women.

London, United Kingdom

Worked on Human Rights reports produced at the time by Amnesty

Kosovo

Worked on "The Valley", an award-winning documentary directed by Dan Reed on Kosovo war.

Kosovo

Assisted Jeremy Harding, the LRB Editor in covering the Kosovo War

Ma, War Studies

Young Writers Programme, Drama Writing, Writing Course For Playwrights From 19-25 Years Old

Activities and Societies: The Royal Court Theatre presents YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS' SEASON REHEARSED READINGS 12 Nov Jerwood Theatre.

Master'S Degree, Screenwriting, Graduated With Distinction

Activities and Societies: This was at the time London College of Printing, part of the London InstituteGraduated with distinction

Film Studies, Film Studies And Film Festival Course

Summer School

Studied 3 Years For A Ba In Dramaturgy Until The Nato Bombing Cut Off My Studies, Drama Writing

Short Courses, Hostile Environment Course & Writing For Tv

I did short courses during and after the war on these skills