Evenings with Polish Reporters: The Journalist in the Midst of War
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: May 30, 2018, 19:00 – 21:00
War reporters encounter death, violence and the suffering of individuals on a daily basis. At the same time, their job is to send home reports from frequently distant and incomprehensible conflicts as impartial observers. A discussion between Piotr Górecki, a former war correspondent for Polish TV, and journalist Markéta Kutilová, who has been documenting the war against Islamic state in Syria and Iraq for several years.
Piotr Górecki was a correspondent in Prague in the years 1990–1995. After 2004 he worked around the world as a television war reporter and for three years helmed his own show on topical and important international news stories on TVP Info. He received a Polish News Agency award for a report about the Afghan politician and military leader Ahmad Massoud.
Markéta Kutilová has worked as a project coordinator on People in Need international missions in Iran and Haiti. She is the co-author of the book Islámskému státu na dostřel (Islamic State Within Striking Distance) and has produced TV reports on the fight against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. She is a member of the journalists’ association Femisphera, which focuses on the situation of women and children in developing countries and conflict zones.