Justyna Pochanke (born 25 January 1972 in

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) is

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journalist and television presenter associated with

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Biography

She studied journalism at the

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, where she obtained a research degree. For a year she studied at the

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at the Department of Culture and Civilization of France. She made her TV debut as a child, leading the program 5-10-15 on

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. For six years, until 2001, she worked on

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as a presenter of morning news, and ran the show ''Not to see''. She left the station after a conflict with her authorities. In 2001, she started working at

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, the emerging channel of the

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. From September 2004 (after leaving the editorial office of

Tomasz Lis Tomasz Rafał Lis (born 6 March 1966 in Zielona Góra) is a Polish journalist and former TV anchor of “TVN Fakty” ("TVN Facts") and “Wydarzenia” ("Events"). Life and career Lis was born on 6 March 1966 in Zielona Góra to parents Stefa ...

), she ran the main issue of Fakts on

. Since May 2008, she is also the host of the ''Fakty po Fakty'' program on

. She wrote columns for the weekly magazine "''Ozon''".

Awards

In 2005, she received the award of Journalist of the Year awarded by the "Press" monthly. She is a laureate of six Wiktors: for 2002 in the categories of TV personality and the greatest TV discovery 2002, for 2004 in the category of the best presenter or TV announcer, for 2005 in the category of the best presenter or TV announcer, 2007 in the category of the best TV presenter and for the year 2011 in the category of commentator or publicist. In 2008 and 2009 she won the Telekamery Award in the news category.

References

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