Katarina has over a decade of experience in radio journalism, focusing on interviews, reports and in-depth, long-form packages. She works mainly in Slovakia and Central Europe, most of her work is in English and Slovak.

As senior reporter and host for Radio Slovakia International (RTVS) she interviewed doctors, politicians, activists, artists and scientists, ranging from the world-famous Joan Baez, to young people trying to make ends meet, from struggling families to women fighting for equality. She has contributed TV reports to CNN and cooperated on various radio programs with the BBC, the Austrian ORF – FM4 and Inside Central Europe (now discontinued).

Katarina has also experience with client communication and management of small to large-size projects in audio-production, advertising and the NGO sector. 

In 2015 she was named finalist in the first ever Podcast Accelerator of the prestigious WNYC. 

In 2021, her podcast “The Secret Struggle for Cold War Dominance” won the Lovie Award for Best podcast series in Science and Education. 

In 2023 she was named finalist in the National Journalism Prize for her podcast “a Pinch of Saffron” – on the Muslim community living in Slovakia.

Katarina now focuses on producing podcasts of different formats, from interview-based ones to complex narrative podcasts and docu-series. She has been covering a wide range of topics: from the history of Cold War espionage, the Muslim community and Ukrainians becoming our new neighbours in Slovakia, electric mobility, Generation Z,  to the surprisingly rebellious world of knitting.