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Inoslav Bešker (born 30 January 1950) is a Croatian journalist.
Bešker started his journalistic career in 1967. Since 1989 he has been working as a correspondent from Rome for Vjesnik, Večernji list, BBC, Radio 101, Danas, Croatian Radiotelevision and Globus. Since 2000 he is a correspondent and columnist for Jutarnji list.
Bešker has a degree in journalism from the University of Zagreb. He obtained a Ph.D. in Comparative Slavistics from the University of Milan in 2001 and currently teaches at the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Bologna. His research interests include Croatian and Bosnian literature, Morlachs in European literature, onomastics of Croatia, toponomastics of the Balkans, heortology and investigative journalism. He is a supporter of democratic left-wing causes and is a member of the advisory board of the Novi Plamen magazine.
Bešker was named Journalist of the Year by the Croatian Journalists' Association in 2003 and received a Life Achievement Award from the same organization in 2007.