Natasha Senjanovic
Professional in Residence, Newhouse School/WAERNatasha Senjanovic teaches radio broadcasting at the Newhouse School while overseeing student journalists at WAER and creating original reporting for the station. She can also be heard hosting All Things Considered some weekday afternoons.
An award-winning reporter who covers vulnerable populations from a trauma-informed perspective, Natasha was born in the former Yugoslavia, grew up in the US and spent 15 years in Rome, Italy among other things, reporting on European film industries for leading UK, US and European film publications; and as Contributing Editor for the bilingual geopolitical magazine EastWest.
Upon returning to the US, from 2016-2019, she was All Things Considered host and a reporter for Nashville Public Radio (WPLN). In 2020, she produced Left Without Care, a WPLN mini-series on for-profit youth psychiatric centers as part of a national investigation by APM Reports.
In 2021, she received her first-ever grant, from the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, to produce the radio and print series Surging in Silence, examining the effects of the pandemic on domestic and sexual violence in Nashville and Memphis. In 2021-22, from MPR News she worked a temporary editor as well as occasional reporter and podcast host. She is a member of the PMJA Editors Corps.
Her national radio work has aired on NPR, Marketplace and Here & Now, among others. Natasha speaks four languages and her awards include a Regional Murrow, PMJA prize and multiple AP awards, including for features and anchoring.
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The agency provides free legal representation to those facing life-threatening situations like eviction and abusive partners.
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The State Fair is looking for non-profit partners to help distribute stuffed animals and other prizes.
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The grad student who served as media spokesperson for the campus encampment is facing student conduct charges.
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Some Onondaga County voters say they're more concerned about national issues than local politics.
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The pastor and a family of a Syracuse Methodist church share the significance of the denomination's landslide vote in May to allow LGBTQ+ clergy and same-sex weddings.
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Mayor Walsh unveiled the proclamation and the city kicked off an annual tradition of planting trees for victims of gun violence.
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The privately funded shelter also provides support services to help mothers and children that address everything from basic needs to mental health and addiction recovery.
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Protest organizers say they represented more than a dozen local and regional groups.
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A week of events looks to raise awareness and joy of Black maternal health
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Tenant rights advocates say one way to stem the homelessness problem in Syracuse is to make it harder for landlords to not renew rental leases, without good cause.