Achievements

  • 1st Prize for Cultural Journalism, Thomson Foundation & British Council, Collaborative Story: Ženska lica naših ulica u Novom Sadu i Zenici (co-written with Sanja Đorđević), 2025.
  • 2nd Prize for Cultural Journalism, Thomson Foundation & British Council, Collaborative Story: One Building, One Million Stories: Hotel Internacional Zenica / The Pyramid of Tirana (with Xhenson Çela), 2025.
  • Journalists-in-Residence Fellowship (Vilnius, Lithuania), Goethe Institute, 2024.
  • Central and Eastern European Journalism Program Fellowship, Meridian International Center (US), 2020–2021.
  • Srđan Aleksić Journalism Award – Special Plaque for reporting on marginalised groups and socially responsible journalism, 2020.
  • Reporting Democracy Grant, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), 2020.
  • UN Prize for journalism promoting tolerance, equality, and inclusion, 2018.
  • UNICEF Special Recognition Award for media coverage of children’s rights, 2018.
  • Finalist, Hostwriter Pitch Prize, with Priyanka Borpujari, 2018.
  • Special Mention Award, Resonant Voices Initiative, for Faketective, an online fact-checking game, 2017.
  • Jiří Dienstbier Journalism Fellowship, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 2016–2017.
  • Intellectual Excellence Program Fellowship, Japan Foundation Tokyo, 2011.
  • Policy Research Development Program Fellowship, Open Society Fund BiH, 2009–2010.
  • USC Annenberg Online Journalism Award, for Danger on Your Plate (CIN Sarajevo team), 2007.