About us

Freedom of expression, democracy, tolerance, human rights and equality… these are the parts of the Gazeta Wyborcza’s DNA.

For 30 years we have engaged in the most important social topics in the spirit of citizen journalism. And we will continue to do this. We have learned a lot about the importance of the free media recently. Hoping to support the development of independent journalism and reliable media coverage, we established the Gazeta Wyborcza Foundation.

It is our intention to promote social initiatives and citizen projects along with all activities aimed at broadening journalistic freedom, upgrading the quality of journalism, developing education and critical thinking.

Our aim is cultural and educational work in journalism, art and culture in Poland and abroad, as well as the integration of the scientific, journalistic, arts and business communities in the most important topics of the modern world – peace, freedom, democracy and civil rights.

In 2022 the Foundation was awarded the Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom award of the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).

Areas of our activity

independent journalism
education
human rights
culture and art

Operational field of the Gazeta Wyborcza Foundation:

organize courses, conferences and debates devoted to the development of independent media and reliable transfer of information
organize exhibitions and concerts, as well as cash and in-kind donations to implement the Foundation's goals
conduct and finance public opinion polls and collect signatures for petitions for change laws
finance and promote independent journalistic projects related to the Foundation's areas of work
provide access to reliable knowledge from around the world by publishing articles from major foreign media

The Foundation's Board and Council supervises the Foundation's program and its implementation

Management

Jarosław Kurski President of the Board is Jarosław Kurski. First Deputy Editor-in-Chief of "Gazeta Wyborcza"

Foundation Council

Wojciech Bartkowiak Wojciech Bartkowiak
Chairman of the foundation council, Member of the Management Board of Agora S.A. Associated with Gazeta Wyborcza since 1991.
Grzegorz Piechota Grzegorz Piechota
longtime journalist of Gazeta Wyborcza, lecturer at the University of Oxford and the Harvard Business School
Bartosz T. Wieliński Bartosz T. Wieliński
Has been with *Gazeta Wyborcza* since 1998. From 2005 to 2009, he worked as a correspondent in Berlin. Since 2019, he has served as deputy editor-in-chief. He mainly writes about Germany—both historical and contemporary topics. His articles have also appeared in international media such as *The New York Times*, *Süddeutsche Zeitung*, *Die Welt*, *El País*, and *La Repubblica*. He is the author of *Evil Germans* and *Hitler’s Doctors at War*. He graduated from the University of Silesia and the International School of Political Science in Katowice.

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