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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Labor trafficking is prevalent in Central New York as throughout the country, affecting adults and minors alike.
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Drakos will accept patients of all ages at its Cicero location starting Feb. 5. They will also accept Excellus BCBS insurance, which is no longer accepted by the WellNow Urgent Care chain.
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WAER News explores a range of perspectives, from public health and law enforcement to treatment and the impact of opioid settlement funds.
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A new, free theatre arts school for minority youth aims to upend Syracuse's theater scene, which often excludes them.
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Liberty Resources operates on a model that replaces a longstanding, siloed approach that Gov. Hochul says "does not work any longer."
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The fair will not only feature all female vendors, but also provide free food to anyone who needs it.
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The nonprofit is looking to fill 200 baskets for refugees from around the world who were resettled to the Syracuse area this year.
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The Syracuse-based nonprofit is among the first CACs in the nation to be accredited to work with child victims of sex trafficking, physical abuse
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NYS employers have to convey unemployment benefits information immediately upon termination, closing a previous, five-day window.
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The clinic comes after six people came into contact with a rabid fox in the Eastwood neighborhood area.