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journalist

Jela Krečič, Doctor of Philosophy, is a Slovenian journalist, best known for her exclusive interview with Wikileaks" Julian Assange in December 2013, and for being married to philosopher Slavoj Žižek.

Background

Krečič was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia) as the daughter of art historian Peter Krečič.

Career

She works as a journalist for the biggest Slovenian newspaper Delo, where her exclusive interview with Julian Assange was published in both English and Slovenian.

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She received her graduate degree, defending her thesis about art manifestos of the Slovene historical avant-garde, from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana, where she also received her Doctor of Philosophy in philosophy under the guidance of Mladen Dolar from the Faculty of Arts in 2009.