Natasha Senjanovic is an award-winning journalist whose areas of expertise range from international cinema to domestic and sexual violence. She was born in (ex)Yugoslavia and grew up a science brat in the US, up and down the East Coast, before landing in Rome, Italy for 15 years. From 2016-19 she worked as the afternoon host for Nashville Public Radio, stepping down to become an independent producer, reporter and editor.

That’s the official spiel. I was inspired to start this blog after realizing too late (in early March 2020) what was happening to friends and family in Italy, and trying to warn those around me that the pandemic was coming here.

I also chronicled some of our shared experiences during the early days of Covid but will happily take more, new contributions for the Diary Collective from your corner of the world.