Brankica Stankovic, B92 journalist
TV show “Insider” entitled “Tracing Ratko Mladic” whose author is Brankica Stankovic, was presented with the Bronze Olive Award in the category of TV reports on the 9th International TV Festival in Bar.
This episode also entered into the final competition for the award on the biggest European Festival - Grand Prix Europe for 2004.
Brankica launched this show on Television B92 in 2004, treating most intriguing issues and always investigating new cases, searching for truth.
In the period from 2000 to 2004, she was also the editor of the central newscast, B92 Radio Daily News.
From 2000 to 2003, she was one of the editors of a weekly radio show entitled “Utopia” on Radio B92 that treated relevant current and up-to-date events, always seeking for truth.
With the show about refrigerator truck full of the corpses of the Albanians found in Danube near Kladovo, whose author was also Brankica, she managed to reveal two-year-old state secret, by the testimony of the public prosecutor in Kladovo. This show provoked numerous public reactions, among others, mainly from politicians and representatives of international organizations.
For the show “Index finger” aired from 2002 to 2003, in the regular column that was aired every Monday, she treated very interesting and exclusive issues. The statements she shot were widely cited both on the local and foreign media. Among the famous ones was the statement of Slobodan Milosevic in the night when he was arrested, when he said for B92 that he’s feeling fine and that he drinks coffee with his friends.
Among other recognitions, Brankica Stankovic was awarded:
- 2005 – 'Dusan Bogavac' award for ethics and courage in journalism, presented by IJAS - Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia
- 2006 - Jug Grizelj Award - For developing friendship among people and removing barriers between nations, presented by Independent Journalists's Association of Serbia (NUNS)/Jug Grizelj Fund
With her television show The Insider, Brankica Stankovic has not only introduced new standards to Serbian journalism, but she also contributed to the tackling of very significant issues which were marginalized or deliberately covered up for years. After The Insider, not only you can find no one who is not interested, but those whose job is to deal with these issues are forced to launch investigations, file charges, issue warrants. All of a sudden, all the media is writing about it, as if it were a discovery which pushed forward things that once looked distant and frozen. These issues are forcing even politicians to declare themselves and take a stand. No one can remain neutral regardless of how much they would want to be. That is the huge importance of journalism by Brankica Stankovic which changes boundaries not only within the profession, but within the whole society as well.
It is not surprising that because of such professional and social engagement by Brankica Stankovic, what she does faces severe opposition and resistance from a part of Serbian journalists and even more from certain political circles who cannot accept the changes begun in Serbia on October 5, 2000. Which is a reason more for those who recognize this date as a future and hope for Serbia to support Brankica Stankovic's work.
She has been working in B92 radio news desk since 1997.
In the period from 2001-2003, she worked as correspondent of the Swedish radio, and from 2003, she covers current affairs section from Serbia for the German Radio WDR.
Brankica Stankovic started her journalistic career in 1996 on TV Studio B, after finishing School of Journalism organized and led by Bojana Lekic at a time.
She also finished Investigative Journalism Course in the organization of Thompson Foundation.
She was born in Belgrade, in October 1975. |
