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What it means to be a journalist in Poland by Sebastian Luciński (25) I have been working as a journalist for about the past three years. I begin to start with create a small local newspaper in place were I grown up and live over 20 years. Next, I land in Gazeta Wyborcza - professional nationwide daily newspaper, were I work for a one and half year. Now I’m looking new job. Maybe in journalist profession. Journalism in Poland is not a difficult job. Almost everyone can learn it, especially the technique of writing and publishing. However, there is one very important element which is necessary and can create a challenge – consistency. It is imperative to be a journalist around the clock and to be prepared to work flexible hours. In Poland this profession is one of the most popular major direction in studies. All big universities teach journalism. Every day many young creative student’s volunteer to work in Newspapers, TV’s and radio stations, with plenty ideas. That’s why in this profession you must still raise qualifications. Other wise you be lag behind and loose job. Media market is limited. From very large group of my friend’s from studies, only few (with me) work in journalist profession. Rest got other job, others begin next studies direction. Journalism in Poland is not a very well paid profession. Contrary to popular belief, salaries are small, especially in eastern Poland. Additionally media owner’s had limited job vacancy’s. That’s why large group of journalist’s decided to cooperate with redactions – without health insurance or right to absence in work. For over 19 years Poland is democratic country. Journalist’s are not gag by censors. They can write all about things they want. But its not so easy as you think it is. Courts in Poland could have sentence journalist to prison for libel or insult. That punishment provide Polish criminal code. Journalist could land in prison even for two ears. As matter of fact courts rare to give such sentences, usually they sentence journalists to pay fine. In Jule 2007 my colleague from Gazeta Wyborcza was sentenced for half year in prison (in stay of execution) for libel judge of administration court. Journalist wrote some articles about informal meetings this judge with some person, in face of administration court lead proceedings. Controversial verdict of District Court in Lublin was criticized by Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. Finally unfavourable for journalist verdict was overruled. For a long time lawyers and activist for freedom of speech appeals to Polish Parliament to remove controversial regulations from criminal code. They want that the law suits of journalists carry only on civil courts. Bad law permits to gag journalists. Many times they are sued only, because someone want to fright them. Legal actions in Polish courts extended many years - against journalists could take even two years or more. In all this time journalists must by disposal for justice. Polish press law is very restrictive. To public some interview or citation, journalist need to have authorization from author of opinion. That’s absurd. Because it let interviewed to interfere in text. Reader may be newer notice, that person from article say something, that put him on the spot. That restriction is also weird, because Polish press law let journalist to write “what somebody says”, without literally verbatim. In this case Authorization is unnecessary. Among all, authorization obligation concern only on press journalists. TV’s and radio reporters don’t subject for this restriction. Not only press law is unfriendly for journalists. For all time when I work in local newspaper, many times I’ve seen how local politics exert pressure for redaction. Working in small local newspaper I’ve had problems to get information’s from departments. Sometimes local newspapers are thrown back only on one political option in region. They can’t be independent, because most of local advertiser’s are related with politics. That was in case of local weekly Twój Głos (Your Voice – pol.), were I’ve work almost a year. Many times local politics was regular guests in our redaction. They’ve want to run commercials before elections. For newspaper it’s a good payment. In time of local elections profits of local media grown up repeatedly. But it was a hard time for me as a journalist, because local politics tried to exert pressure, to write about them only “good” information’s. Once, one of local politics – candidate for Polish administrative unit – had to offend on me for his profile, that I wrote before elections. At the same time Twój Głos print his commercials. Nevertheless I’m optimist about journalism, especially in small local places. Now in Poland they are more less two thousand newspapers - in most cases published in small cities. Local communities are more interested local news, not global world problems. Novelty is civic journalism. Many places had they own internet forums. Usually they are keep by private persons. Many times this forums are much faster in pass news as local newspapers. |
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