Max Kolonko | |
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 Max Kolonko in 2008 | |
| Born | Mariusz Max Kolonko May 6, 1965 Lubliniec, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish, American |
| Alma mater | University of Warsaw, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Website | MaxTVGO.com |
Max Kolonko (born Mariusz Max Kolonko in 1965, Lubliniec, Poland) is a conservative Polish-American journalist, political scientist and political commentator. He won the Kisiel Prize for journalism in 2015. [1]
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Kolonko studied journalism at the University of Warsaw and political science at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. [2] He was a television correspondent in the United States and authored two books in the field of journalistic and political commentary. He was a contributor for the American portal The Huffington Post, where his articles were published between May 2011 and December 2017. [3] He is also the founder of MaxTV, an internet-based television platform initially launched on YouTube. [2]
Since 1992, he has served as TVP's American correspondent for Panorama and later for other TVP news services, operating within the Television Information Agency. In 1988, he moved to the United States and established his own production company, Media 2000, which produced programs and documentary films for broadcasters such as TVP, TV4, TVN, and CBS. Since 1992, he has served as TVP's American correspondent for Panorama and other TVP news services, operating within the Television Information Agency. From 2001 to 2005, he served as TVP's American correspondent for Wiadomości. In 2001, he provided live coverage from New York for TVP’s Channel One following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. [4] .
From April 2007, he was the host and producer of the program "Discovering America", about the lesser-known aspects of the USA, for TV4. The program’s format was created by Kolonko, called by him: “hands-on reporting,” and is based on original material combined with a fast-paced narrative by the reporter, who actively participates in the events being covered. Viewers will see him, among other things, at an American rodeo, in Alaska blizzards, sailing along Columbus’s route, and working with New York City detectives on the dark streets of the Bronx. Mariusz Max Kolonko, was the only television reporter who personally cast an Oscar statuette, personally operate NASA’s “The Crawler,” driving the space shuttle Atlantis to the launch pad at Cape Canae, and placed his hands on nuclear buttons. [5]
In 2007–2008, he was the face of a television advertising campaign for an American insurance company Liberty Direct (Liberty Mutual’s operations in the Polish market). [6] In 2008, he received two awards (silver and bronze) at the 9th Effie Awards in the Launch and Media House categories for the Liberty Direct advertising campaign. [7]
In May 2008, he became the face of Newsweek's "English at Max" advertising campaign, covering television, radio, internet, outdoor media, and the publisher's titles. Axel Springer Polska: „Newsweek”, „Forbes”, „Dziennik”, „Fakt”, „Auto Świat”, „TV Kultura” i „Przegląd Sportowy”. [8] He was a commentator for the 2012 United States presidential election for Onet.pl and the SuperstacjaTelevision channel [9] [12]. He hosted the program "Kwadrans na Maxa" on the SuperstacjaTelevision channel. [10]
An interview with him titled “Jakiś gówniarz mówi mi, jak mam żyć” (“Some brat is telling me how to live”) won the Best of Onet 2012 award for the best article of the year, generating over one million views, more than 3,500 comments, and sparking a discussion about the state of journalism in Poland. [11]
In August 2008, he was ranked 9th among the most valuable journalists for advertisers in Poland (64th on the list of the most valuable Polish celebrities) by „Forbes” magazine. [12]
