Katarina Baletic

Katarina has been a journalist for BIRN as a correspondent for Serbia since December 2023. She is based in Belgrade and is responsible for daily news as well as in-depth stories and analysis. Previously she worked in media in Serbia and has extensive experience reporting on the economy and politics. From March 2021 to November 2023 she worked at the monthly magazine and portal Nova Ekonomija (New Economy), primarily reporting on economic topics, healthcare, gender issues and public spending. Before that, from 2016, she was working at Istinomer, a fact-checking media outlet founded by the Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability (CRTA). She was part of the team the British Council awarded for one of the best article and video features in the regional “Young Journalists Competition”, and also awarded for the best media article “Drugačije od drugih“ (Different from others) by the Conference of Towns and Municipalities, for the best article on female entrepreneurs.