Investigative Journalism Initiative

Investigative journalism is a unique tool of the fourth estate to keep the people and institutions of public trust in check.

Journalists keep an eye on those in power, making sure they do not abuse it, that no one is above the law.

Journalistic investigations are time-consuming and the gathering of necessary evidence takes many months. The apparatus of the politicized state is often against the independent media – lawsuits are brought against them and their journalists and the people in power want to silence them and take advantage of public money and public institutions to achieve this aim.

The Gazeta Wyborcza Foundation established the Investigative Journalism Initiative that supports the creation of investigative news in Poland. We care about democracy, human rights and the media who are not afraid to keep people in power in check.

The Initiative will start its operations in September 2021.

More at www.dziennikarstwosledcze.pl

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The Investigative Journalism Initiative of the Gazeta Wyborcza Foundation was established on the financial foundation of a civic fund created from the donations from the readers of Gazeta Wyborcza.

The Gazeta Wyborcza Foundation attracts private and institutional financial partners, whose backing supports the development of the Initiative.

The Krych Family Fund supports the development of the Initiative and its Legal Fund.

Other projects

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On March 3, representatives of Gazeta Wyborcza Foundation’s Ukrainian Media Fund traveled to Lviv and Truskavets to deliver powerbanks and special batteries capable of supplying an entire editorial office with electricity. The equipment will be handed out to journalists working on the front lines.

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The 2022 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom award of the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has been awarded to the Gazeta Wyborcza Foundation for its support of independent media and aid to Ukrainian journalist in the time of Russian invasion.

Activity Report 2019-22

Activities, finances and people of Gazeta Wyborcza Foundation.

Ukrainian Media Fund

In the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the spread of disinformation by the occupant, the Gazeta Wyborcza Foundation and its partners established a Fund for Ukraine dedicated to direct support of journalists and publishers in the war zone.

The award commemorates one of the most outstanding Polish photojournalists. A man who documented the reality, the changing world, the most important conflicts in the world. It showed the hell of war and the hardships of everyday life. He was also an excellent observer of Poland in the era of transformation.

Tenderness and Freedom

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News from Poland

A special, free section on Wyborcza.pl for foreign media interested in events in Poland and for foreigners staying in Poland.

Re: memory – multimedia local stories

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Patronage of the Gazeta Wyborcza digital subscription

Access to reliable content is the basis for young people's social, cultural and intellectual development. Become the founder of the digital subscription Wyborcza.pl and help us develop the next generations of readers.

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Gazeta Wyborcza against fascists

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