Aleksa Tešić has been a member of the BIRN Serbia investigative team since June 2021.
His primary focus is 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. Previously, he had won both the NUNS Investigative Journalism Award and the EU Award for Investigative Journalism in Serbia.
He frequently relies on automated data analysis, artificial intelligence and computer vision in his work, which he has developed in cooperation with programmers and data experts.
He graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Belgrade with a degree in Journalism and Communication Studies in 2019. Prior to joining BIRN, he spent over a year working in the advertising industry. During his studies, he completed internships and worked part-time in television and online media, as well as working as an editorial assistant. He was born in Čačak in 1996.
