Aleksa Tešić is a member of the BIRN Serbia investigative team since June 2021.
He focuses primarily on digital security, privacy rights, and the protection of personal data.
He is the author of numerous investigations into the procurement and use of surveillance and espionage technologies by state authorities. In 2025, he received a major international award for investigative reporting, in addition to previously winning both the first-place NUNS Investigative Journalism Award and the EU Award for Investigative Journalism in Serbia.
In his work, he frequently relies on automated data analysis, artificial intelligence, and computer vision—developed in cooperation with programmers and data experts.
He graduated in Journalism and Communication Studies from the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade, in 2019. Before joining BIRN, he worked for more than a year in the advertising industry. During his studies, he interned and worked part-time in television, online media, and as an editorial assistant. He was born in Čačak in 1996.
