by Olga Brajnović | Jan 14, 2021 | challenges, Journalism, our life
I followed the House of Representatives’ debate to impeach Donald Trump for inciting the assault of the Capitol last week. I found it really interesting, not only because of the historical circumstances but also because of the debate itself. I’m used to...
by Olga Brajnović | Nov 21, 2020 | Journalism
My father was a teacher of ethics in Journalism. He had learn by experience the subject because he risked his life to tell the truth during WWII. He wrote a book 40 years ago and I’m reading it again these days. I found a paragraph that it can apply to...
by Olga Brajnović | Nov 21, 2020 | challenges, Journalism
One of the cases more strange I had to write about for my newspaper was the one of a man wrongly accused of the rape of a teenager. The mother of the girl demanded the suspect, who was her relative.The case unveiled a net of modern slavery. At the top was the accuser,...
by Olga Brajnović | Nov 16, 2020 | challenges, Journalism
Donald Trump is giving a master class of how to endanger the world’s oldest democracy by not admitting he has lost the election and doing everything he can to mobilize his unconditional followers into a fight against reality using plain lies. I can’t...
by Olga Brajnović | Nov 12, 2020 | challenges, Journalism
a blurry image of the demonstrators and the concrete trap. I went to the courthouse like every day, to report about a trial, when I found a demonstration blocking the entrance. A group of youngsters protested against the mandatory military service. Nothing unusual....
by Olga Brajnović | Nov 11, 2020 | challenges, Journalism, Memories
Years ago, I went on vacation to a remote town on the Cantabrian coast. I wanted to disappear for a while. I was a journalist, and I had been reporting on issues related to terrorism and urban guerrillas for a long time. I was tired of the pressure in which I lived....