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Jul 2nd, 2008 by Jiri

Vital Stats:

Born in 1957 in Prague, Czech Republic (well, actually it was Czechoslovakia when I was born). Resident in Prague, where I returned recently after seven years in London. Lived in New Delhi, India (four years), New York City, NY, US (four years), London, UK (seven years), Djakarta, Indonesia (three years) and in Prague for most of the time in-between.

Occupation:

Formerly UK Correspondent of the Czech News Agency (CTK). Formerly foreign correspondent of the CTK in New York and before that in New Delhi. Formerly also Deputy Editor of the CTK News. From Aug 1st, 2008 Director of News, CTK.

Co-author (with fellow CTK correspondent and good friend Stanislav Mundil) of two books about international politics - Washington do uzaverky (out of print) and in 2007 Washington mezi Seinou a Temzi (out of print).

Interests/Hobbies (in no order):

Journalism of any kind, Photography, Travel, Writing, Books, Digital Media, Digital Toys, Anything that flies except for UFOs, Cooking. Anything regarding law. Movies and videos when watched and re-watched and re-re-watched with my family. Quotes from Samotari (movie), Svejk (book), and the The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. They probably covery everything one needs to think about. And yes, Saturnin and Three Men in the Boat. Biographies.

What I read on paper or online:

History Magazine, Practical Photographer, Photoshop Creative, National Geographic, Economist, Týden, Lidové Noviny, Hospodářské noviny, Euro, Marketing and Media, The Times, Financial Times, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The New York Times, LA Times, Spiegel in English, Photoshop Insider, CTK - of course.

Favourite Podcasts (in absolutely no order):

BBC Start the Week, News Quiz, Just a minute, CNN Reliable sources, Law in Action, Meteor, Photoshop User Tips, Thinkig Allowed.

Favourite Journalists (in absolutely no order):

Andrew Marr, Jeremy Paxman, Karel Čapek, Howard Kurtz, Mark Kermode. William Safire. Bob Woodward. Many of my colleagues in CTK.

Favourite Foods:

Too many of those, my wife would say.

But, between you and me, bramborak, something that should not be translated into English as something as bland a “potato pancake”. But, alas, that is what everybody does. I have yet to find a restaurant which makes them well.

For a full discussion on bramboraky follow this link.

Latest Projects:

Reconfinguring the CTK.

My Camera:

Nikon 300D.

My Computer:

Lenovo X300 or if you are not an Apple fan, here

More about me or from me:

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Favourite Software Programs:

Adobe Photoshop CS3, iTunes, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Adobe Premiere 2.0, MS Office 2007, MS OneNote 2007, CutePDF, Civilisation IV, CTK multimedia editorial system MRS (…honestly).