Piotr Semka

Publicist and journalist, graduated from history at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. In the '80s he took part in the actions of the high-school underground, later he was part of the Solidarity structures (1987-1989). From 1985 he published in “Solidarność” of the Gdańsk Region. During his academic studies he was an activist of the Independent Students' Union. In 1989 he partook in the electoral campaign of the Confederation of Independent Poland (KPN). Since 1991 he has been co-operating with Polish Television (his work there includes publishing and hosting “Puls Dnia” and co-authoring the program “Warto rozmawiać”). Currently he writes for the weekly “Uważam Rze” and “Rzeczpospolita.”

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