This article is missing information about Early life, Personal life, Achievements and honours.(September 2021) |
Marcin Firlej | |
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Wikimania 2012 in Washington, DC | |
Born | Rejowiec Fabryczny, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland | May 4, 1975
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Nationality | Polish |
Years active | 2001-present |
Marcin Firlej (born May 4, 1975, in Rejowiec Fabryczny) is a Polish journalist, writer and war correspondent. [1]
As of April 2009, he is a permanent correspondent of the public Polish Television (TVP) in Washington, DC. [2] He previously worked as a war correspondent for TVN24 (2001–2008) and investigative reporter for RMF FM radio (2005–2008). He covered wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Gaza Strip.
April 8, 2003 Marcin Firlej with Jacek Kaczmarek ( Polskie Radio – public Polish Radio) were captured by Republican Guard gunmen near Al-Hillah in Central Iraq. [3] During imprisonment, the two journalists were taken to a school where they were interrogated and accused of spying. They escaped the next day during the American attack on the city. [4]
He is the co-author of a book about the war in Iraq "Szum skrzydel Azraela" ("The Rustle of The Azrael Wings" ISBN 83-7298-543-X) [5] [6] and the director and scriptwriter of two documentary films about Afghanistan (shown in Discovery Historia, 2008). [7]
This article is missing information about Early life, Personal life, Achievements and honours.(September 2021) |
Marcin Firlej | |
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Wikimania 2012 in Washington, DC | |
Born | Rejowiec Fabryczny, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland | May 4, 1975
Occupation |
|
Nationality | Polish |
Years active | 2001-present |
Marcin Firlej (born May 4, 1975, in Rejowiec Fabryczny) is a Polish journalist, writer and war correspondent. [1]
As of April 2009, he is a permanent correspondent of the public Polish Television (TVP) in Washington, DC. [2] He previously worked as a war correspondent for TVN24 (2001–2008) and investigative reporter for RMF FM radio (2005–2008). He covered wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Gaza Strip.
April 8, 2003 Marcin Firlej with Jacek Kaczmarek ( Polskie Radio – public Polish Radio) were captured by Republican Guard gunmen near Al-Hillah in Central Iraq. [3] During imprisonment, the two journalists were taken to a school where they were interrogated and accused of spying. They escaped the next day during the American attack on the city. [4]
He is the co-author of a book about the war in Iraq "Szum skrzydel Azraela" ("The Rustle of The Azrael Wings" ISBN 83-7298-543-X) [5] [6] and the director and scriptwriter of two documentary films about Afghanistan (shown in Discovery Historia, 2008). [7]