Gordana Andric is Belgrade based journalist and editor. She first joined BIRN as a journalist in 2010 and later worked as a managing editor of BIRN’s English language website Balkan Insight. After spending four years with BBC World Service’s Belgrade bureau, she now works as investigations editor with Balkan Insight and executive editor with BIRN Serbia. Andric has managed the teams of journalists, investigative reporters and editors from more than ten countries across the Balkans and Black Sea region.
Summer School of Investigative Reporting 2026 Sessions
Turning a raw topic to a submission-ready pitch
The session will guide participant through the steps of developing a story idea into their article proposal. We will discuss the idea’s sources and newsworthiness, how to move from a broad topic to provable angle, what are the key elements every pitch needs and why all this matters.
The session will end with insight into the editorial hierarchy – reporter, editor, and fact-checker and clarifying who has the final say over content versus the final say over accuracy.