by Olga Brajnović | Aug 20, 2020 | challenges, Journalism, Memories
Before its dramatic fall, Yugoslavia had a very complicated political system. There was no president but a collective presidential institution formed by eight persons, one from each federal republic or autonomous region. Every May 5th, one of them took a turn to be...
by Olga Brajnović | Nov 11, 2015 | challenges
Once, my boss asked me to do an interview to a young doctor about his doctoral thesis. A complicated investigation, very specialised. The truth was that it was a compromise, because the doctor was the nephew of a very influential man with interests in the newspaper....
by Olga Brajnović | Oct 22, 2015 | challenges, daily prompt
Sometimes we, reporters, have to do very unpleasant things. Once i had to interview a very sick man in the hospital. He had a throat cancer. He had been accused of a wrongdoing in a corruption scandal in my city but, the more I investigated the case, the more I become...
by Olga Brajnović | Apr 21, 2015 | challenges
My mom is a survivor of the WWII. She’s 95, with a clear mind. She endured in her youth forced labour, persecution and years of forced separation from her husband. She never gave up. Now, a stroke hit her. She is in a wheelchair, with half her body paralyzed....
by Olga Brajnović | Mar 13, 2015 | daily prompt
There are 26 letters in the English language, and we need every single one of them. Want proof? Choose a letter and write a blog post without using it. (Feeling really brave? Make it a vowel!) A challenge like this one is not easy for a foreigner like me . My english...
