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Natasha Senjanovic

Natasha Senjanovic

Natasha Senjanovic is an award-winning freelance reporter, producer and editor who specializes in covering gender-based violence.

Debby Dalhoff was raped and tortured in her home in 1985 by a masked intruder. She says the way her case has been handled by Memphis Police Department, including the loss and destruction of much of the evidence, makes her feel like she has been raped twice. (Tennessee Lookout/ © Karen Pulfer Focht)

Class action suit over delays in rape kits moves forward in Memphis, but survivors feel no relief
By: - April 19, 2023

Debby Dalhoff says she’s always been a happy, outgoing person around friends and family.  “What they don’t know is when I sit on my back porch at night, what goes through my mind,” said the 68-year-old retired FedEx manager. “It’s constant. It never ends. That inner demon that you can’t get rid of until we […]

After more than three decades, Kathy Walsh is out as leader of the Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence. Her exit follows a federal investigation. (Photo: Tennessee Legislature)

After top departure, an interim director leads Tennessee’s domestic violence nonprofit
By: - January 17, 2023

The Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence has a new, interim head, following the abrupt departure last month of its longtime leader. Jennifer Escue joined the nonprofit two years ago, as director of programs. Before that, she spent nearly two decades with Catholic Charities of Tennessee, overseeing programs for refugees resettling to the state. […]

After more than three decades, Kathy Walsh is out as leader of the Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence. Her exit follows a federal investigation. (Photo: Tennessee Legislature)

Longtime Tennessee domestic violence leader is out following critical federal investigation
By: and - December 14, 2022

This story was jointly reported by WPLN News and the Tennessee Lookout. The longtime leader of the Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence has left the organization. The change comes less than a week after WPLN News and the Tennessee Lookout reported on federal findings of whistleblower retaliation at the nonprofit. Kathy Walsh […]

(Credit: Rachel Iacovone, Nashville Public Radio)

Investigation finds Tennessee domestic violence nonprofit retaliated against employee
By: and - December 7, 2022

This story was jointly reported by WPLN News and the Tennessee Lookout. A federal watchdog has found that the Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence unlawfully retaliated against and then forced out an employee who blew the whistle about potential misuse of federal funding.  The investigation by the Department of Health and Human […]

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