Tomasz Sekielski (born January 24, 1974) is a Polish journalist and novelist, author of reportages and documentary films, including ''
Tell No One
''Tell No One'' (french: Ne le dis à personne) is a 2006 French thriller film directed by Guillaume Canet and based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Harlan Coben. Written by Canet and Philippe Lefebvre and starring François Cluzet, the ...
'', a 2019 documentary about
child sexual abuse
Child sexual abuse (CSA), also called child molestation, is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation. Forms of child sexual abuse include engaging in sexual activities with a child (whet ...
in the
Catholic Church in Poland
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, that sparked a nationwide discussion.
Earlier, together with
Andrzej Morozowski, he was a co-host of the talk show ''Teraz my!'' on
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. In 2006 a journalist investigation led by Sekielski and Morozowski revealed a proposal involving political corruption of prominent politicians of the ruling
Samoobrona
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej, SRP) is a nationalist, populist, and agrarian political party and trade union in Poland. Its platform combines left-wing populist economic policies with religious c ...
party made to another MP, that resulted in a political crisis in Poland.
Throughout his professional career, he was affiliated with the editorial boards of TVN,
TVN24
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,
TVP1
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,
TVP Info
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, ''
Wprost
''Wprost'' (, meaning "Directly") is a Polish-language weekly news magazine published in Poznań, Poland. '',
Nowa TV
Nowa TV is a Polish television channel, launched on November 9, 2016.
On December 4, 2017, Polsat announced that it had bought 34 percent shares of TV Spektrum, which is the broadcaster of Fokus TV and Nowa TV.
Programming
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,
Wirtualna Polska
Wirtualna Polska (WP ) is a group of companies operating in the media and e-commerce sectors. The WP Group owns the Wirtualna Polska horizontal portal. It operates various specialized websites and e-commerce websites like AutoCentrum.pl S.A., ...
and
Onet
Onet.pl is one of the largest Polish web portals. It is owned by the Kraków-based Grupa Onet.pl S.A. It was founded in 1996 by Optimus company. According to Alexa rankings, as of October 2017, it was the 45th most popular website worldwide and ...
. In early 2018, he launched his independent channel on YouTube.
Life and work
His father, Krzysztof Sekielski was a teacher of Russian language and worked in a high school in
Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...
. Tomasz Sekielski was born in
Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...
in 1974. He has a younger brother, Marek (born 1978).
He graduated from
technikum, and first worked in the Catholic Radio VOX in Bydgoszcz. Then he was employed successively in Radio Wawa and Radio dla Ciebie.
From 1997 until 2006 he was a reporter of ''
Fakty TVN
''Fakty TVN'' (simplified to Fakty; en, Facts) is the flagship newscast of TVN, one of Poland's major television networks. The programme was launched on 3 October 1997, which was also the first day of the entire TVN. As of May 2019, it has an ave ...
'', covering, among others the
Kosovo War
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, the
sinking of the Kursk ship near Murmansk and the work of the investigative commission on the
Rywin affair
The Rywin affair ( pl, afera Rywina) was a corruption scandal in Poland, which began in late 2002 while the post-communist government of the SLD (Democratic Left Alliance) was in power. It is named after Polish film producer Lew Rywin, who was a ...
. He also hosted Friday's edition of ''Kropka nad i'' show and was the creator and the host of another show, ''100 dni premiera''.
From November 2003, together with
Andrzej Morozowski, he hosted ''Kuluary'' and ''Prześwietlenie'' show on
TVN24
TVN24 is a Polish 24-hour commercial news channel, launched on 9 August 2001. Being a part of the TVN Network, TVN24 has been owned since July 2017 by US-based media company Warner Bros. Discovery. It gained broader popularity after the Septem ...
. In autumn 2005, Sekielski and Morozowski moved to
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* TVN (Norway), or TVNorge, a comm ...
and, until July 2010, they ran a news talk show ''Teraz my!'', later followed-up by ''Teraz my! Overtime'' broadcast on TVN24.
In 2006, Sekielski and Morozwoski, using a hidden camera, recorded talks between MP
Renata Beger
Renata Lidia Beger (born 18 July 1958, in Silno, Pomeranian Voivodeship) is a Polish politician, a prominent member of the populism, populist political party Samoobrona and a member of the Sejm (lower chamber of the Polish parliament) between 2001 ...
and several prominent politicians of
Samoobrona
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej, SRP) is a nationalist, populist, and agrarian political party and trade union in Poland. Its platform combines left-wing populist economic policies with religious c ...
party, that was in the governing coalition in Poland at the time. The topic of the talks was the support which Beger was to give Law and Justice in exchange for
political benefits. In September 2006, the revealed tapes resulted in a political crisis in Poland, that was later referred to as the ''tape scandal''.
From November 4, 2006 until January 25, 2008, Sekielski hosted his own show on TVN24, presenting the weekend releases of the ''Magazyn 24 godziny'' (''The 24 Hours Magazine''). From January 2011 until April 2012, he ran the ''Czarno na białym'' show on TVN24. In April 2012, after almost 15 years of work, he left TVN.
From October 2012 until January 2015 he ran weekly morning broadcasts on Radio Tok FM; first on Mondays, then on Wednesdays.
From January 2013 until June 2016, he ran the ''Po prostu'' show on
TVP1
TVP1 (TVP Jeden, ''Program I Telewizji Polskiej'', ''"Jedynka"'') is the main public television channel of TVP (Telewizja Polska S.A.), Poland's national television broadcaster. It was the first Polish channel to be broadcast and remains one ...
. From January until August 2014, he hosted the ''Woronicza 17'' show on
TVP Info
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.
In 2010–2011 and in 2013 he cooperated with the ''
Wprost
''Wprost'' (, meaning "Directly") is a Polish-language weekly news magazine published in Poznań, Poland. '' weekly.
![Tomasz](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Tomasz.Sekielski.JPG)
From November 2016 until October 2017, he ran the ''Teraz ja!'' show on
Nowa TV
Nowa TV is a Polish television channel, launched on November 9, 2016.
On December 4, 2017, Polsat announced that it had bought 34 percent shares of TV Spektrum, which is the broadcaster of Fokus TV and Nowa TV.
Programming
Nowa TV is a general ...
. In early 2018, he launched his channel on YouTube. On April 19, 2018, he started cooperation with
Wirtualna Polska
Wirtualna Polska (WP ) is a group of companies operating in the media and e-commerce sectors. The WP Group owns the Wirtualna Polska horizontal portal. It operates various specialized websites and e-commerce websites like AutoCentrum.pl S.A., ...
, where he ran his video blog. On November 28, 2018, he became one of the hosts of the Onet Morning program, broadcast on
Onet.pl
Onet.pl is one of the largest Polish web portals. It is owned by the Kraków-based Grupa Onet.pl S.A. It was founded in 1996 by Optimus company. According to Alexa rankings, as of October 2017, it was the 45th most popular website worldwide and ...
.
On May 11, 2019, Sekielski published his documentary film ''
Tell No One
''Tell No One'' (french: Ne le dis à personne) is a 2006 French thriller film directed by Guillaume Canet and based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Harlan Coben. Written by Canet and Philippe Lefebvre and starring François Cluzet, the ...
'' (''Tylko nie mów nikomu'') on YouTube.
The film dealt with
child sexual abuse
Child sexual abuse (CSA), also called child molestation, is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation. Forms of child sexual abuse include engaging in sexual activities with a child (whet ...
in the
Catholic Church in Poland
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and sparked a nationwide discussion, receiving more than 20 million views within the first 10 days of online screening. A few hours after the premiere, the
Primate of Poland
This is a list of archbishops of the Archdiocese of Gniezno, who are simultaneously primates of Poland since 1418.[Wojciech Polak
Wojciech Polak (born 19 December 1964) is the Roman Catholic archbishop of Gniezno, Poland, since his appointment on 17 May 2014. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of Gniezno.
Biography Early life
Polak was born in 1964 in Inowrocł ...]
and Archbishop
Stanisław Gądecki
Stanisław Gądecki (born 1949) is the archbishop of Poznan, Poland. He is a Polish Roman Catholic church, Roman Catholic Bishop, Doctor of theology, doctor of Theological Sciences, and archbishop of Poznań since 2002. and serves as president of ...
issued their statements in the case.
A TV broadcast of the film followed up a few days later on TVN.
Tomasz Sekielski has a wife, Anna, and two children: daughter Julia and son Łukasz.
Awards
In 2005, he received the Prize for the best TV parliamentary journalist from the Polish Parliamentarians' Association.
In 2006, together with Andrzej Morozowski and Andrzej Turski, he was awarded the Wiktor Award in the journalist category; and – also with Morozowski – with the Andrzej Woyciechowski Award,
and the Journalist of the Year Grand Press Award.
Together with Andrzej Morozowski, he also received the Telekamery Award in 2007 and 2008.
In 2010, he received the ProwokaTOR Award in the MediaTory plebiscite.
In May 2019, he received the Special Award of the Press Club Poland for the documentary film ''Tell No One''. He shared the Award with his brother Marek Sekielski, the co-producer of the film.
Filmography
* 2010: ''Puppet Rulers'' (Polish: ''Władcy marionetek'', documentary film), writer and director
* 2019: ''
Tell No One
''Tell No One'' (french: Ne le dis à personne) is a 2006 French thriller film directed by Guillaume Canet and based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Harlan Coben. Written by Canet and Philippe Lefebvre and starring François Cluzet, the ...
'' (Polish: ''Tylko nie mów nikomu'', documentary film), writer and director
* 2020: ''Playing Hide and Seek'' (Polish: ''Zabawa w chowanego'', documentary film), writer and director
Novels
* 2012: ''Sejf'' (detective story)
* 2013: ''Obraz kontrolny'' (the continuation of ''Sejf'')
* 2014: ''Sejf 3. Gniazdo kruka'' (the continuation of ''Sejf'' and ''Obraz kontrolny'')
* 2016: Zapach Suszy. Susza I (thriller)
* 2017: Smak Suszy. Susza II (thriller)
References
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Polish radio journalists
Polish opinion journalists
Polish television journalists
Polish male novelists
21st-century Polish novelists
Polish YouTubers
Writers from Bydgoszcz
1974 births
Living people