ROBERT STEFANICKI is a Polish journalist based in Warsaw, staff writer to “Gazeta Wyborcza” liberal daily, author of a non fiction book “Red Tibet. Communism in the Land of Snow” (Czerwony Tybet. Komunizm w Krainie Śniegu), accidental correspondent to Inter Press Service, sometimes a traveller and amateur photographer.
Most of my professional life have been working for „Gazeta Wyborcza”, the largest daily paper in Poland, as a expert on developing countries, security, humanitarian issues, political transition, relation North-South.
Meanwhile I got a job of foreign affairs editor in new Polish daily „Polska”, published in cooperation with London „Times”. Then, after several years of freelancing for major weekly magazines like “Newsweek Polska” and “Tygodnik Powszechny“, back to “Gazeta Wyborcza” again.
I used to write articles for IPS agency about human rights, environmental and development issues – you can read them here. Also contributed to Polish „Quarterly of International Affairs” and an American monthly „World Press Review’’. Click here to find my example report from Baghdad, three months after the war, in English.
Here you can find one chapter of my book in English.
My portfolio includes travel reports with photos – please click on Photo Galleries.
Among my humble achievements are:
- Amnesty International award for human rights publications from Iraq;
- Nomination to Beata Pawlak Award, being granted for „journalism promoting rapprochement of different cultures”;
- In 2010 found myself among the winners of the competition for development bloggers organized by European Journalism Centre in Brussels;
- In 2013 received Afrykas Award for “engagement in the dialogue with Africa”.
- In 2020 granted Taiwan Fellowship to do research on impact of fake news on Taiwanese democracy.
In my free time I do scuba-diving, skiing, sailing, scrabbling and movies-watching.
