Fatjona Mejdini has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Tirana University and as a well a master’s degree in Public Administration. After a long career as a journalist for national media in Albania, she was awarded with Hubert H. Humphrey scholarship and spend a year of professional development in DC, US. In 2015 she joined Balkan Insight as a correspondent, reporting stories from different Balkans countries. In 2016 she also co-established Investigative Journalism Lab, an initiative to develop quality journalism for Albanian young journalists. She joined GI as a field coordinator for the Balkans in September 2018.