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University of Warsaw.
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Max Kolonko
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From 2001-2005, he was a senior White House correspondent for TVP, the national television in Poland. He is the producer, director and creator of a popular, Telly winning, television series, Discovering America with Max Kolonko, a series on various aspects of American life. He is the President of Media 2000 Communications, a New York City television production company.
He has contributed an article to The Huffington Post.
Within six months of its inception in November 2012 and following the presidential elections in the United States, jumped from over 100,000 subscribers to over 400,000, ranking it among the top Polish-language channels hosted by the site. By December 2014, was the most popular opinionated news program distributed on the Internet in Poland with over 39 million views.
Kolonko has used this forum to petition the Polish government for change, including a 2013 decision to jail protestors there. In his commentaries, Kolonko mainly criticizes political and media establishment, political correctness, Polish national defects and social matters.
His motto "telling it like it is" has gained popularity among young Polish people, many of whom are his followers.
Achievements
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Winner of 2001: Victor Award as Best Journalist of the Year. Winner of 2008: Telly Award for The Shield - documentary. Winner of 2008: two Effie for Liberty Direct commercial. Silver in the category: Launch and Bronze in the category: Media House. In 2009, the bronze prize at the 10th Effie in the category of Financial Services for the advertising campaign "Mariusz Max Kolonko in Poland - Ogilvy Group".
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Nationality
Poland
Awards
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Winner of 2001: Victor Award as Best Journalist of the Year. Winner of 2008: Telly Award for The Shield - documentary. Winner of 2008: two Effie for Liberty Direct commercial; Silver in the category: Launch and Bronze in the category: Media House. In 2009, the bronze prize at the 10th Effie in the category of Financial Services for the advertising campaign "Mariusz Max Kolonko in Poland - Ogilvy Group".Winner of 2001: Victor Award as Best Journalist of the Year. Winner of 2008: Telly Award for The Shield - documentary. Winner of 2008: two Effie for Liberty Direct commercial; Silver in the category: Launch and Bronze in the category: Media House. In 2009, the bronze prize at the 10th Effie in the category of Financial Services for the advertising campaign "Mariusz Max Kolonko in Poland - Ogilvy Group".