Vjosa Çerkini is an award-winning journalist, investigative reporter and documentary filmmaker. She works internationally on human rights, women’s rights, conflict, organized crime, and social justice, contributing to Deutsche Welle, SWR, ARTE, ZDF and MDR. She is the European Representative of Women’s Voices Now, a Los Angeles-based organization supporting women filmmakers worldwide. She mentors young women and girls in journalism and documentary filmmaking across Europe and Africa. In 2025, she was recognized as a Trustbuilding Media Champion for promoting dialogue and understanding between Serbs and Albanians.
This project documents youth-led reconciliation practices between Kosovo and Serbia, examining how these efforts are framed or omitted in mainstream media narratives on both sides. The research will focus particularly on civil society, independent and local media, local and minority communities, memory culture, and perspectives that are often underrepresented in dominant political and media discourse. The project is developed in collaboration with Maria Popović.
Key words: media, reconciliation