World Press Institute

Author: Maciej Czarnecki

2017 WPI Fellow

Journalist, Gazeta Wyborcza
Warszawa (Warsaw), Poland

Posts by Maciej Czarnecki:

Foggy Bottom at the bottom

by | Oct 12, 2017 | American Presidency

The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, are tracking the more than 600 key positions in the Trump administration that require U.S. Senate confirmation. According to their database, 289 of them still have no...

Fake news accusations

by | Oct 5, 2017 | Journalism in the era of "fake news"

From Washington, D.C., to Warsaw, Poland, the ”fake news” term became a useful tool for populists to denounce everything they do not agree with. Donald Trump’s repeated accusations against the ”failing” New York Times and ”fake news” CNN are so similar to Polish Law...

Conspiracy theories

by | Sep 26, 2017 | Journalism

”You all know what they say: do not talk at family dinners about religion and politics, because you will not convince anyone. I would add conspiracy theories to that list. Try having two bottles of wine during Thanksgiving and asking someone about that. Good luck!,”...

Reporting from the USA

by | Sep 11, 2017 | Political Coverage

So, why are you here?” asked John Ullmann, a renowned former editor at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis. Walking around the classroom in his hooded top, with a frown on his face and an angry look, he was summing up all our answers with the same phrase: “Not good...

The tweeting president

by | Sep 5, 2017 | American Presidency

Farmers in Tracy, a rural town in south-western Minnesota, predominantly voted for Donald Trump in last year’s presidential election. But even some of them criticize the president for his late-night Twitter rants. We discovered this during our three-day visit to Tracy...