On Friday evening, the winners of the Mariusz Walter award will be announced at the POLIN Museum. This distinction is “an indication of the direction in which Polish media should develop and what values to represent.” Among the nominees are Jakub Sobieniowski from TVN's “Facts” and TVN24 journalist Piotr Świerczek.
Gala broadcast from 21 at TVN24 and TVN24 GO.
On Friday evening, at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Polin will be held a ceremonial gala of the awarding of Mariusz Walter Award in the categories: Media Personality of the Year (main prize), media event of the year, a new voice in the media and sport in the media. A special prize will also be awarded.
Mariusz Walter's award is addressed to media people who stood out in 2024 with creativity, courage, a great journalistic workshop combined with intuition and social sensitivity.
Nominations
Nominations for Media personality of the year (main prize) They received Karolina Lewicka from Radio TOK FM, Jakub Sobieniowski, journalist of “Facts” TVN and Agnieszka Szydłowska, director of the Radio Three.
In the category Media event of the year Paweł Figurski and Patryk Słowik, journalists of Wirtualna Polska, were nominated, for a series of publications about the minister of science Dariusz Wieczorek, Renata Kim for a series of articles about Collegium Humanum in “Newsweek Polska” and Piotr Świerczek for a series of materials and reports around the study of the Smolensk catastrophe. In “Black and Biały” on TVN24 appeared, among others “The strength of the lie” or “the strength of the facts”.
Nominees in the category New voice in the media These are: Sylwia Czubkowska, co -creator of the Techstorie podcast on Radio TOK FM, Krzysztof Jakubowski, Agnieszka Mazuś and Krzysztof Wiejak from the portal jawylublin.pl and Maciej Szylawski, creator of the Podcast foreign department.
In the category Sport in the media The nominees were: Juliusz Ćwieluch, journalist of the weekly “Polityka”, for podcast bikes, not fairy tales, Daria Kabała-Malarz, journalist Canal+ Sport and Mirosław Żukowski, an independent commentator of sporting events.
Special prize
In 2025, Bożena and Mariusz Walter's Special Award will be awarded for the first time. This is an individual distinction, awarded by the initiator and founder of the awards, for all journalistic work. In this case, the chapter does not decide about the selection of the laureate.
The winners and winners of all categories will receive a statuette made by one of the most talented Polish sculptors Tomasz Górnicki and a cash prize. The organizer of the competition and the founder of the awards is the Foundation Bożena and Mariusz Walter. The media patron of the award is TVN Warner Bros. Discovery.
Mariusz Walter award
The Mariusz Walter award was created by the Foundation Bożena and Mariusz Walter at the end of 2023. The Friday hand will be the second such event, but a special prize will appear for the first time.
As we read on the website of the Mariusz Walter award, it is to “go to outstanding media people and authors of interesting initiatives that determine the direction in which Polish media should develop and what values to represent. Promote characters and content that is characterized by social sensitivity, openness and mindfulness to man, truth, courage, intuition, reliability and creativity. Indicate original ideas and exemplary journalism workshop. A distinction for both those who have media experience, but also for people who are just entering the media market. “
“This is a distinction for both those who have extensive media experience, but also for people who are just entering the media market. Mariusz Walter's award is an indication of the direction in which Polish media should develop and what values to represent. It is a perception of people who are worth listening to” – added.
The nominations as well as laureates and laureates of a given category was determined by the chapter: Andrzej Andrysiak, Edwin Bendyk, Andrzej Bobiński, Kamil Dziubka, Sylwia Gregorczyk-Arab, Jerzy Jurecki, Grzegorz Kalinowski, Michał Kołodziejczyk, Adam Małysz, Adam Pieczyński, Hanna Rydlewska, Joanna Solska, Agata Szczęśniak, Mariusz Szczygieł, Mariusz Szczygieł, Mariusz Szczygieł, Bożena Walter, Jacek Wasilewski, Paulina Wilk.
The candidates are submitted by the members of the chapter, and during the deliberations among the applications, nominees are elected – 3 in each category.
Source of the main photo: PAP/Rafał Guz