BIO

Natasha Senjanovic is an award-winning journalist who spent 15 years in Rome covering the Italian film industry for leading international trades, before returning to the U.S. and working as an anchor / reporter for Nashville Public Radio (WPLN), where she began covering domestic and sexual violence from a trauma- and data-informed lens.

From 2020-22, Natasha produced the mini-series Left Without Care (WPLN/APM Reports) and the 17-part series Surging in Silence, which was backed by the Pulitzer Center, for whom she serves as an advisor.

In 2023, Natasha became the second-ever Professional in Residence at the Newhouse School of Syracuse University. In that role, she taught radio broadcast and media literacy classes while overseeing all student reporters at local NPR affiliate WAER, for which she also produced daily news, features and podcasts.

Her national radio work has aired on NPR, Marketplace and Here & Now, among others. Natasha speaks four languages and as an international field producer has worked with award-winning investigative and news programs, including Presa Diretta (RAI) and The World (BBC Radio).

Natasha is co-creator of "I Wish I’d Known," a media training course for improving coverage of gender-based violence, across the US, and the globe.

She is also a freelance editor / producer (news and long-form storytelling), media trainer, consultant and international speaker.

You can contact her at natasha@wlspod.com.

Selected local and national stories:

Leading cause of death for pregnant women is likely not what you think (WAER)

UUMC family, pastor weigh in on Methodists' historic vote to lift anti-LGBTQ+ bans (WAER)

A new bill would train hairdressers to help clients experiencing domestic violence (NPR)

Pandemic Lockdowns Fueled Domestic Violence Worldwide, Report Says (Marketplace, from Surging in Silence)

No Shortcuts: Domestic Abusers Work to “Redefine Anger” in New Therapy Model (WKNO, from Surging in Silence)

In The Search For Psychiatric Care, One Tennessee Family Feels Caught In A Vicious Cycle (WPLN, from Left Without Care)

International High School Mountain Bikers Take To The Trails (WPLN, Regional Murrow winner)

Nashville Family Safety Center Is Safe Haven For Families Affected By Domestic, Sexual Violence (WPLN)

How a group of teachers in Nashville is bridging the public-private divide (Marketplace)

Furnishing Homes For A New Life After Domestic Violence (NPR)

Governor Under Mounting Pressure To Commute Life Sentence Of Cyntoia Brown (NPR)

Nashville Barbers Offer Homeless Free Haircuts And Sense Of Community (Here and Now version of AP award winner)

A Joelton Tobacco Farmer, Not His Migrant Workers, Would Suffer From Proposed Immigration Changes (WPLN)

An Adventurer Philanthropist Wants States To Follow Tennessee's Lead On Medical Volunteers (WPLN)

Kids With Down Syndrome Strut Custom-Designed Couture In Franklin Fashion Show (WPLN)