by Olga Brajnović | Oct 8, 2020 | challenges, commitment, Family, Journalism, Memories
During WWII, my dad was on a train when a communist guerrilla bombed the tracks. They killed many passengers and took the survivors as prisoners. My dad was an independent journalist who had been a prisoner of the fascists for criticizing Mussolini. Now only because...
by Olga Brajnović | Oct 4, 2020 | Humor, Journalism
I have a friend, a teacher at a Journalism school, who looks for great stories to show his pupils how to write. But in his searching, he stumbles with many bad examples. Today he sent me the following opening text published in a newspaper: “According to the...
by Olga Brajnović | Aug 25, 2020 | challenges, Family, Memories
A handwritten note on my desk you gave me eight years ago for my birthday makes me feel you are still by my side. But you’re not here nor anywhere in this world. You ended the exciting way of your life silently and peacefully. I had liked to be with you at that...
by Olga Brajnović | May 28, 2020 | challenges, Journalism, our life
A friend of mine has died. I just read about him in the news. We worked together for 26 years in my newspaper. He was a photographer. I was a writer. We began to work the same year and used to go along to many places to do our job as reporters, he with his camera, me...
by Olga Brajnović | Jan 4, 2020 | challenges, Family, our life
My mom died three years ago. She was 97 and had spent four years in a wheelchair paralyzed because of a stroke. She was a strong woman, very independent, and with a privileged mind. The day she had a stroke, she became suddenly vulnerable and entirely dependent. She...
