by Olga Brajnović | Nov 4, 2020 | challenges, commitment, Journalism
In Answer to a Fandango’s Provocative question: What do you think about what happened in the United States yesterday? Are you shocked or surprised at the outcome, if it’s even known as you read this? Or are the results of the election what you expected? And...
by Olga Brajnović | Oct 29, 2020 | challenges, Journalism
I watched the interview that Lesley Stahl did with President Donald Trump for the program 60 minutes. Yes, the famous interview he abruptly cut short angry because he get tired that her questions were not as he would like. I’m a journalist, and I think she asked...
by Olga Brajnović | Oct 28, 2020 | bad luck, Journalism, Memories
Photo by Ben White on Unsplash One of my career achievements was that my colleagues elected me as the Navarra Journalists Association’s first woman president. I was young, and in those years, men still dominated the profession. There were difficult times...
by Olga Brajnović | Oct 23, 2020 | challenges, Journalism, Memories
The Jail’s chaplain asked me once if I would be willing to lecture the inmates as part of an activity organised by the education committee. I had to talk about the Balkans war, then in full actuality. I had worked as a correspondent from Croatia and Bosnia...
by Olga Brajnović | Oct 18, 2020 | challenges, Journalism, Memories
My first assignment in my newspaper was education and culture. I love music, which allowed me to interview musicians who visited our city for concerts. Once the Moscow virtuosi, conducted by Vladimir Spivakov, had to perform in our old theatre. I had to interview him,...
by Olga Brajnović | Oct 17, 2020 | challenges, Journalism
The stress of the job of a journalist in a newspaper never ends. At least this is my experience of 26 years.Most of the time, I was a reporter specialised in the investigation, trials, and criminal justice. My job could damage the good reputation of people involved in...
