Aleksandra Bogdani

Aleksandra Bogdani is an Albanian investigative journalist and editor with more than 20 years of experience. She is affiliated with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania and regularly contributes for Reporter.al.

Her reporting has earned her numerous awards.

Career Before joining BIRN, Bogdani worked for 15 years as reporter, editor and deputy editor-in-chief of the Albanian daily newspapers Shekulli, Korrieri and MAPO. large-scale cocaine-trafficking networks linked to Colombian cartels (investigated by SPAK in 2025), and high-profile judicial and political cases, among them reporting involving Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj.

Bogdani gives lectures in investigative journalism at the Department of Journalism and Communication at the University of Tirana, and mentors young journalists through BIRN media-development programmes.

Awards and recognition She has received several awards for her reporting, including the 2015 CEI/SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism, She won the third prize of the Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence.